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Saturday, January 30, 2016
To Kill A Mockingbird: Section 3
In Chapter 13, we learn about Aunt Alexandra’s “preoccupation with heredity”, as her neice Scout puts it. More particularly, how according to her view of the world, or at least her view of Maycomb County, which is all of the world that seems relevant to most of them, a person’s character is defined by what family they come from. Every family had their faults, and all it’s members were to be judged accordingly. The bias in this perspective was pointed out by Atticus, who asked his sister what the Finches had wrong with them, a concept which she doesn’t even seem to understand. While finding it easy to see the fault in others, she finds it difficult to admit the same of herself, and of the people that she’s closest to. While not the one that the book may be directly addressing, it certainly is an aspect of humanity.
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I agree when I picture Aunt Alexandra I imagine a woman who loves to gossip and crticize others action without thinking of her own. I feel as if the author gave her the specific dialogue because he intends to forshadow that Atticus and his family has to face similiar comments by others in the town. Because after fighting the toughest case Atticus is bound to receive comments like the nature of comments that Akexandra gives.
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