CHAPTER 13

PLOT EVENTS

• Aunt Alexandra shows up at their door
• Kids shocked because they did not expect her to come
• She says she is going to stay for a while(God knows what she means by a while)

PLOT EVENTS

• Alexandra will have a feminine influence on them
• Atticus asks for the children's approval of her staying
• Aunt Alexrandra is known in town and people bake cakes for her
• Alexandra fit in like she was already staying at their house

PLOT EVENTS

• Alex joined the Maycomb Amanuensis Club
• Alexandra notices that this generation of the finches broken its "streak"
• It is the first time in the family line where the Finches never married their cousins

PLOT EVENTS

• It is common to marry family members
• Not a lot of people leave and not a lot of people settle
• Aunt Alexandra sends Atticus to talk to the kids about how they have to live up to their name
• Scout then cries on Atticus and can hear his stomach growling

QUOTES ABOUT THE CHAPTER

• "Well, your father and I decided it was time I came to stay with you for a while"(169). This is Alexandra moving into the Finche's house.
• "...it would be best for you to have some feminine influence"(170). She wants Scout to be less of a tomboy and more of an actual girl.

QUOTES ABOUT THE CHAPTER

• "...the same families married the same families until the members of the community looked faintly alike"(175).Not a lot of people leave/marry the same family from generation to generation.
• "...you must try to behave like the little lady and gentleman that you are"(177).Aunt Alexandra is trying to get Scout to act like a lady.

People in Maycomb settle/don't leave town

This is how Alexandra wants Scout to act

Their generation is the first to break their family streak of marrying cousins

Atticus's lecture of being proud of who you are

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHAPTER

• Why do you think Aunt Alexandra is bothering Scout about her clothes?
• Why do you think it made Scout cry when Atticus told her that Aunt Alexandra wanted Jem and Scout to behave differently?
• Other than feminine influence, what are other reasons why Aunt Alexandra is staying at the Finche's house?
• Has anyone in your family try to change who you really are? Explain.

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