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To Kill A Mockingbird Visenya Character Analysis

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Visenya’s family migrated from Northern Ireland to Maycomb, her public appearance seem to be unusual for the Maycomb society, she has purple eyes and a white silver hair. However, Visenya’s second day was better than the first, she was walking with her mother on the streets, and as we know that Jim and Scout Finch were playing their games on the backyard of their house, they saw Visenya walking with her mother. Jim’s eyes were fascinated of Visenya’s unusual beauty, he went to her and asked her to join him and scout for dinner, Olenna was pleasured to let her daughter communicate with the members of Maycomb society. Visenya was shy and worried for the new lifestyle that Maycomb has, although she met Calpurnia.

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