Maudie Vs Alexandra

The differentiation in several people’s character is what turns a good book into a great book. Although it may seem that Miss Maudie and Aunt Alexandra have nothing in common besides the Ladies Missionary Society that is not completely factual. Both have many of the same perspectives and qualities in common. The contrasts and comparisons of these to characters assists the reader by placing letting the reader know them individually, and helps by placing them into Maycomb Society.

From the very beginning of the book we are introduced to Miss Maudie the watchful, caring, concerned neighbor. Miss Maudie is and women younger or about the same age as Atticus, who feels that time spent inside is time that is wasted. This is one of the major ways that Jem, Scout, along with the rest of the town see her. Miss Maudie is also one of the few adults that Jem and Scout respect. She also has and appreciated and very obvious influence in their lives. The children respect Miss Maudie because she talks to them like they are adults and she talks to them with respect. She does not find it necessary to boss them around, if there is something that she feels needs to be done she will ask them and reward them for their promptness. After tom Ro

. . .

View the whole essay, without interruption

binson dies and Atticus asks Cal to go with him to tell Helen, Alexander feels that the town is expecting way too much of Atticus but Miss Maudie knows and reassures her that it is only because he is one of the few men that they expect to actually do the right thing. Both of them are worried about Jem and Scout even though they may show it in different ways. To the Finch family Miss Maudie is the caring loving person who will always be there to help out. Also unlike everyone else she does not feel that Cal is part of the Family although Cal has been around longer than her and will be around long after she is gone. For instance Alexandra thinks that Atticus should put more of an impression on Jem and Scout to let them know where they come from Atticus feels that this way is not the right way but Alexandra insists that it will help them to become more Sociable acceptable by her standards. Aunt Alexandra and Miss Maudie is one of these sets of characters. Although both of them are members of the Ladies Missionary Society that is not all they have in common both do view the world in the same way

Alexandra comes into the book about mid way and from the very beginning we see that the most important thing to her is letting the kids and everyone else in the town know that they are “the Finches” and that stands for something. This also helps to bring into the light the fact of her wanting to shape the kids into what she wants them in and lets the reader see she is only worried about letting them know they are “Finches”. (p 133) Or for instance when the people rode by one their wagon going to the trial and told Miss Maudie “He that cometh in vanity departeth in darkness” she did not care what they thought about her garden and no one would be able to change her mind. Also from the very begging when she comes in to the book she comes in with the attitude that Atticus is doing everything wrong and she is going to show him how to do it right.

Although there are many characters in the book that do have some of the same traits in common it is their differences that make them unique. She lets them know that her way is the right way because she said so. Both will not tolerate Jem and Scout Mocking Boo Radley they tell the kids on many occasions to just let him be. She talks to the kids like they are “slow” children and shows them no signs of respect or understanding.

Approximate Word count = 844
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Simply subscribe to view this paper, and 100,000 others.