We are coming to the end of the book To Kill a Mockingbird and Scout and Jem have learned many life lessons from the adults around them. I think that a big life lesson in the book is taught by Aunt Alexandra to Scout about being a lady. Scout is always around Jem, Dill and Atticus and without a mother she teds to pick up on their habbits. In chapter 13 Aunt Alexandra comes to town and she tells Sout why she is here, "We decided that it would be best for you to have some feminine influence.." (pg. 127). I think what she is saying to Scout is that she is going to start to teach her how to become more lady and more feminine.
Also on page 229 Aunt Alexandra says to Scout, " Stay with us, Jean Louise," and inside her head Scout was thinking, "This was a part of her campaign to teach me to be a lady." Having Scout stay with all of the ladies Aunt Alexandra is teaching Scout to be lady like and being surrounded by other ladies helped. This was a big life lesson in the book for Scout. When I was a kid my mom would tell me if I was doing something that was not "lady like" because that was not cool to act like a boy and so I would listen to her because I wanted to stay cool and do what my mom told me to do.
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You put that in good words for all to understand. I liked the quotes and i think you were right about that lesson. Also you made a good comparison to real life.
Drew
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That life lesson is so true. I mean how can you be a proper ladie if you can't even be a ladie. I think you had good quotes. I am so excited about seeing the rest of the life lessons.
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