To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee: Character Analysis

Harriet Beecher Stowe once said, “Women are the real architects of society.” In the story ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee, We see the impact these wonderful and powerful, women have on Scout but not just Scout but also society in general.

In this story woman on multiple occasions are put down for being females. "Scout, I'm tellin' you for the last time, shut your trap or go home—I declare to the Lord you're gettin' more like a girl every day!" With that, I had no option but to join them.” (Page 53). People associate woman with ‘wimps’ and ‘chickens.’ This story shows women in a different light. Mrs. Dubose is a horrible woman who yells at Scout and picks at her. Later on in the story, Jem, Scout’s brother got so fed up with this old woman he destroyed her flowers.

Ms.Dubose was addicted to morphine and her goal before she died was that she would no longer be taking it. Jem didn't know this until his father Atticus informed him.”Mrs. Dubose was a morphine addict,” said Atticus. “She took it as a pain-killer for years. The doctor put her on it. She’d have spent the rest of her life on it and died without so much agony, but she was too contrary—”(Page 114) This shows that it takes a strong woman to do something so painful.

Calpurnia took the children under her wing. She seemed to be the mother figure to Scout. She takes pride in her children this is shown later in the story "Calpurnia bent down and kissed me. I ran along, wondering what had come over her. She had wanted to make up with me, that was it. She had always been too hard on me, she had at last seen the error of her fractious ways, she was sorry and too stubborn to say so." (Page 29). All mothers and daughters fight. Calpurnia always teaches her things and leads her in the right direction. Later on, we see Calpurnia, and Scout gets along a lot better than