To Kill a Mockingbird: Calpurnia: a real lady and a mother without racism

Calpurnia: A real lady
And
A mother without racism


Human being would influence one another during their learning process. In the novel, “To Kill A Mockingbird”, the protagonists’ (Scout and Jem) attitudes had been developed in many ways. With the absence of their mother, their father raised them. Calpurnia, the cook, sometimes acted like a mother to them. Even though Calpurnia was black, she still received a lot of education.
First of all, Scout’s mother died when Scout was two yeas old, so she never felt her mother’s absence. As the cook of the Finchs family, Calpurnia always took care of Jem and Scout just like a mother did. Calpurnia had been taught how to read and write from Miss Maudie Atkinson’s aunt; Cal. was one of the few Negro who had been educated. She used to punish Scout by ordering her to copy the bible. Calpurnia often remind Scout to respect to other pe...