Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Stages of Morality

Atticus and Aunt Alexandra, two complete opposites. Hard to believe they are related, let alone get along. Atticus is more of an "order and law" type of guy. He does what is right, and just. He does not stop to worry what it will do to his reputation or what someone will think of him, and who will be there for him when the smoke clears. He is a fair person and carries out the law for everyone. Now, Aunt Alexandra, she is a complete nut. She belongs in the "social contact" category, without a doubt. She is all about image, all about going on, and always all in someone's business. She does not care what is right or wrong, as long as her reputation is clean as a whistle, i guess it does not matter. She told Atticus he was ruining the family's reputation just because he was doing what he thought was right. Also, that Scout needs to be more like a lady. Aunt Alexandra is more of a follower, but never a leader, whereas Atticus follows his own route and it always seems to work from him in the end.

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