Calpurnia Flashcards

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who is cal

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  • house keeper for the finches
  • parental figure for kids
  • black woman
  • respected by atticus
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her motherly nature cal

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  • taught scout how to read and write
  • atticus trusts and respects her to raise his kids
  • she thinks everyone should be treated equally - scolds scout for mistreating Cunninhams
  • “we couldn’t operate a single day without cal”
  • ” yo folks might be better than the cunninghams but it don’t count for nothing the way you disgracing them”
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link between black and white communties cal

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  • changes the way she speaks depending if black r white “white folk talks” with the finches and “black folk talks” whihc the black ppls
  • tried hard to fit in
  • “theres nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut”
  • she takes kids to black ppl church
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hope for black ppl cal

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  • she can read and write
  • hope for other black ppl that they can be educated and change the white ppls ways
  • emphasising dignity and discipline of the black community
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