The Lady Herself - Alexandra
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Alexandra Finch
Family relations
Married to Jimmy
Brothers: Atticus and Jack
Son: Henry
Grandson: Francis Hancock
Nephews and nieces: Jeremy (Jem) & Jean (Scout)
I'm a great cook and i'm proud to be the Secretary of the Maycomb Ammanuensis Club.
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Sarah Leong,3 truth.
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Thursday, August 27, 2009, 11:33 PM
I'm very displeased at the thought of my brother, Atticus, defending Tom Robbinson. The Finch family is a name to be upheld and now that he's taking on this case.. what would people think? Atticus should have thought it through but he seems very firm about his decision. I just wish he'd consider the consequences and also our family name.What also worries me is Jean's upbringing, i see her in these overalls running around, this is not acceptable behaviour of a young lady. The girl has no main source of female influence, no wonder she's runnin' off with the boys.
Maybe i should move in with them soon, they sure need somebody like myself to get things back in order. I shall discuss this with Atticus tomorrow. I'm sure i know what's best for them. What would they do without me?
Was that the sound of the oven? My pie is ready, got to go !
Sunday, August 23, 2009, 4:31 PM
evidences of Aunt Alexandra in TKAM in chapt. 9
Chapter 9"The fact that Aunty was a good cook was some compensation for being forced to spend a religious holiday with Fancis Hancock (her grandson)"
Page 85-86
-Scout thought that Aunt Alexandra was a good cook but she did not like her grandson Francis who she fights with later on in the chapter.
"Aunt Alexandra was Atticus's sister, but when Jem told me about changelings and siblings, I decided that she had been swapped at birth, that my grandparents had perhaps recieved a Crawford instead of a Finch. Had i ever haboured the mystical notions about mountains that seem to obsess lawyers and judges, Aunt Alexandra would have been analogous to Mount Everest: throughout my early life, she was cold and there"
"He and Aunty looked alike, but Uncle Jack made better use of his face: we were never wary of his sharp nose and chin."
Page 86
"Aunt Alexandra was a back-porch listener."
Page 93
-Scout was not close to her Aunt Alexandra and felt that her aunt was very much different from Atticus. Scout even mentioned that Aunt Alexandra might have been switched at birth with a crawford which shows that she sees her aunt as someone totally different from her Father and perhaps someone who gossips.
"But the only time i ever heard Atticus speak sharply to anyone was when i heard him say, 'Sister, i do the best i can with them!' It had something to do with my going round in overalls"
"Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if i wore breeches: when i said i could do nothing in a dress, she said i wasen't supposed to be doing things that required pants. Aunt Alexandra's vision of my deportment involved playing with small stoves, tea sets, and wearing the add-a-pearl necklace she gave me when i was born; futhermore, I should be a ray of sunshine in my father's lonely life. I suggested that one could be a ray of sunshine in pants just as well, but aunty said that one had to behave like a sunbeam, that i was born good but had grown progressively worse every year."
Page 90
-This shows how Aunt Alexandra wants Scout to comform to a feminine image and it also shows how much she disapproves of Scout's attire and behaviour.
yeah,okay,chapter 9 only for now (: