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To Kill A Mockingbird Calpurnia Analysis

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The narrator described Maycomb, Alabama as a “tired, old town.” Grass grew on sidewalks in rainy weather. In summer, it was very humid & hot. “Somehow it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summers day.” Scout and Jem described their father as a decent man. He treated them respectfully indifferent. Scout saw Calpurnia as a demanding & biased person but since she treated Jem as a mature kid, Jem saw her as a kind, loving mother-figure. Their mother died when Scout was only two years old so he didn't really miss or remember her but Jem on the other hand did. He knew his mother more than Scout because he had more time to know her so when she passed it truly hit him. Both Scout & Jem had an upstanding relationship with their father but had

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