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Who came to live with the Finch family in To Kill A Mockingbird?
The narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout Finch, lives with her father, Atticus, and her brother, Jem. Later on in the novel, Scout's aunt, Aunt Alexandra, stays with the family to help raise Scout to become a proper young lady.
Who is Alexandra and who is she to Atticus?
Alexandra is Scout and Jem's Aunt, and she is Atticus's older sister who comes to the Finch residence to help them out.
What meeting is held at finch house?
Aunt Alexandra's Missionary Scout Meeting is held at the Finch house.
How is francis related to jem and scout?
his Grandmother (Alexandra) is Atticus's sister.
Who is Alexandra from To Kill a Mockingbird?
Alexandra Finch Hancock is Atticus Finch's sister in Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird." She comes to live with the Finch family to provide a motherly influence for Scout. Alexandra is traditional, proper, and concerned with upholding the family's reputation in the community.
Why is Aunt Alexandra living with the Finch's?
Because both Atticus and Aunt Alexandra thought that Scout (Jean Louise) needed a feminine influce in her life. Since Scout's mother passed away when Scout was little, Scout had little knowledge about becoming a woman. She even took it offensive when Jem yelled at Scout for becoming a "girl"
In this chapter Scout learns something about being a lady and about Aunt Alexandra. Explain.?
In this chapter, Scout learns from Aunt Alexandra that being a lady is associated with strict social expectations and conformity to traditional gender roles. She also learns that Aunt Alexandra values family reputation and believes in upholding the Finch name. Scout struggles with these new expectations imposed on her by Aunt Alexandra, as they conflict with her tomboyish nature and independent spirit.
Where does Scout spend Christmas?
the children received air raffles and jem got a chemistry set
What is the name of Atticus' sister in to kill a mockingbird?
Francis Hancock, son of Aunt Alexandra and Uncle Jimmy's son, Henry, so actually Francis is a second cousin, even though he's older than Scout.
Who is married to aunt Alexandra in to kill a mockingbird?
Aunt Alexandra is not married in "To Kill a Mockingbird". She lives with her brother, Atticus Finch, and his two children, Scout and Jem.
In To Kill a Mockingbird what does Scout mean when she says that Aunt Alexandra has a preoccupation with heredity?
Heredity-the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring. So when Scout says that Aunt Alexandra has a preoccupation with heredity. She is saying that the beliefs of Aunt Alexandra assumes that since the rest of the Finch women are proper ladies, Scout should be so too. Aunt Alexandra also implies that Jem will do great things like his father, and this is due to the genetic transmission of the intelligence gene.
What is aunt Alexandra's problem with scout for being cunninghams friend?
Aunt Alexandra believes that the Cunninghams are not socially equal to the Finch family, so she disapproves of Scout being friends with Walter Cunningham. She thinks that associating with the Cunninghams could affect the family's reputation and social standing.
