TKAM character relationships e

 To do my TCAM character relationships I chose to do Atticus and aunt Alexandra. The two have quite a few similarities.  One of them is the fact that they are both Finches. For example, "Their sister Alexandra was the Finch who remained at the landing..." This shows that she is in fact a finch, just as Atticus is. Another similarity is that they both want what  they believe  is best for the children. For example, "'We decided that it would be best for you to have some feminine influence. It won't be many years, Jean Louise, before you become interested in clothes and boys…"' This shows that although they disagree on many things, they want the children to grow up right.

 On the other hand they also have many differences. One is that is that Atticus believes that he should allow Scout and Jem to grow up as they please, however aunt Alexandra believes that scout should become a proper lady. For example, "'… You've got to do something about her,' auntie was saying.' You've let things go on too long, Atticus, too long' 'I don't see any harm in letting her go out there. Coward look after her there as well as she does here.'" This shows that they tend to argue about the things the children should be allowed to do.  Another difference that they have is the aunt Alexandra likes to gossip about people, well Atticus does not. For example, " she never let a chance escape her to point out the shortcomings of other tribal groups to the greater glory of our own, a habit that amused Jem rather than annoyed him:' Aunty better watch out how she talks – scratch most folks in Maycomb and they're kin to us.'" This shows that Aunt Alexandra does indeed like to talk, on Atticus's side there are no instances of him gossiping about anyone.

Atticus and Aunt Alexandria are both related to Scout by blood. In fact both are members of her immediate family.  For example, "Atticus said,' Sister, when you stop to think about it, our generation is practically the first in the Finch family not to marry his cousins…'" This shows that they are all members of the same family. As for the affect that Atticus has on scout, he is like a moral compass for her. He teaches her right from wrong and explains things about the world for her. For example, "  when Atticus look down at me I saw the expression on his face that always made me expect something.' Do you know what compromises?' He asked." This shows that scout knows to expect knowledge from Atticus, as that is normal for him. Aunt Alexandra, on the other hand, constantly tries to mold scout into what she thinks scout should be. For example, " 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 wasn't supposed to be doing things that required pants."