How does Aunt Alexandra gain Scouts respect?

Expert Answers Scout gains new respect for Aunt Alexandra when she follows her aunt’s example by composing herself and returning with her to the guests at the Missionary Tea.

What new insight do we get into Aunt Alexandra?

The reader learns that Aunt Alexandra takes part in the women’s missionary circle. This is not surprising since Alexandra takes pride in being part of Maycomb’s (white) social world. She invites Scout to stay and visit with them because she wants Scout to learn how to be a lady.

Do you think Scout has a new appreciation of understanding for Aunt Alexandra?

Scout gets a new perspective on Aunt Alexandra because she did not realize she had the capacity to thank anyone. However, the reader realizes what is really going on. Miss Maudie is standing up for Atticus.

What is something new we learn about Aunt Alexandra after Tom’s death?

She clearly demonstrates sympathy for Tom when she learns that he was shot at the prison. Alexandra tells Atticus that Tom’s death is “the last straw.” Clearly to her, shooting Tom Robinson was wrong. However Alexandra felt about Atticus defending a black man before, she has reversed her attitude.

What does aunt Alexandra think of Scout?

Aunt Alexandra thinks that Scout is dull because she hasn’t had a woman’s influence in her life. Scout knows nothing of the way a lady should act in society. She disapproves of the way Scout acts and the things she says. Aunt Alexandra thinks she is dull because of the ways she passes her time.

Why does Aunt Alexandra disapprove of Scout?

Aunt Alexandra does not approve of Scout because Scout does not fit her ideal of how a little Southern girl should act if she is to grow up to be a proper Southern lady. Alexandra is unhappy, for example, that Scout wears pants and runs around like a tomboy.

Why did the Cunninghams want Tom acquitted?

They are not part of the “upper social structure” of Macomb. I feel Lee chose Cunningham to be the “not guilty” verdict because he can more easily relate to the injustice of Tom Robinson’s situation. He knows what it is like to be looked down on and he knows what the people of Macomb are like.

Is Aunt Alexandra Atticus sister?

Alexandra Hancock (née Finch) is Atticus’ and Jack’s sister, married to James “Uncle Jimmy” Hancock. She has a son named Henry and a very spoiled grandson named Francis. Aunt Alexandra decides to leave her husband at the Finch family homestead, Finch’s Landing to come to stay with the Atticus.

Did Atticus Finch win the case?

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch does not win the court case. Tom Robinson, an African-American man, is found guilty of raping a white woman,

What is Aunt Alexandra obsessed with?

Alexandra Finch is Atticus and Uncle Jack’s sister, Jem and Scout’s aunt, Francis’s grandmother. Unlike her brothers, she has not moved away and made a new life for herself and perhaps consequently, as Scout discovers, she holds onto traditional views and is obsessed with family heredity.

Why did Miss Maudie hold Scout’s hand?

Miss Maudie, who is kind and supportive of Scout, simply places her hand on Scout’s hand to comfort her. Scout then answers that all she wants to be is a lady when she grows up.

What does Scout learn from Mrs Maudie?

Among many things, Scout learns from Miss Maudie that she should not judge people or believe rumors, act humbly about any skills she possesses, and always maintain a good and positive attitude.

What bad news does Atticus bring home?

He greeted the women but then excused himself to the kitchen, asking Alexandra and Miss Maudie to join him. His “face was white.” Atticus had received some bad news: Tom Robinson was dead, shot by prison guards as he was trying to escape over the fence.

How did Tom die?

In chapter 24 of To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson attempts to escape the prison where he is being held as he awaits execution for the rape of Mayella Ewell. While he is fleeing the prison, he is shot in the back by guards seventeen times. He dies from his wounds.

Why won’t JEM kill the roly poly?

Why won’t Jem let Scout kill the roly-poly? Jem doesn’t let Scout kill the roly-poly because he feels bad for everything and he has seen a lot of injustice and is sick of it that he doesn’t want to see it anymore. Maycomb’s reaction to Tom’s death is that it was a typical death of an African American.