What Is Harper Lee's Treatment Of Women In To Kill A Mockingbird

Unfortunately, due to the pressures of Mr. Kip, Jeanie, and all of the other women using the G-string she loses the battle of character and falls into the conformity of the underwear and does this from “shame and social pressure” (Women and weight). In the story, Gillian even admits to her want to be the person society wants her to be and not the person she really is. “Gillian wanted

For example, there is girly existed in Scout, “The ladies were cool in fragile pastel prints: heavily powdered... the only lipstick in the room was Tangee Natural... Cutex Natural sparkled on their fingernails...the younger ladies wore Rose.” (pg. 233) As a matter of fact, in the past, the protagonist always acting like she was afraid of ladies, but Scout actually knew about beauty and paid attention their faces, lips, and nails, she even informs the reader the brands.

Thompson claims that her grandmother actually wrote the poem, and that the Rede was actually handed down in her family line from antiquity. Her claim is dismissed by many, however, because of incorrect usage of archaic language throughout the poem. 1978 - Doreen Valiente publishes Witchcraft for Tomorrow, repeating her earlier statement: "Eight Words the Wiccan Rede fulfil: An it harm none, do what ye will. This can be expressed in more modern English as follows: Eight words the Witches ' Creed fulfill: If it harms none, do what you will."

In the 1940’ the people used to think in a “traditional way”, making them intolerant with the people who act different. This is the case of Scout, the protagonist of the book. She is a little girl who does not like to dress up and act like a little boy. The adults in the town say things about her, letting her know that if she does not follow the stereotypes she is not going to be a real woman. finally, after all the comments she starts to believe it

The conventional way to dress for a girl was very different from the way Scout dresses, which is why her choice of attire is often frowned upon, but she insists that she “could do nothing in a dress”(p.90) When she mentions that, she gets the response that she “wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants.” One of the reasons why Scout is different from the other girls is because of the way she was raised. Her mother died when she was only two years old, so she didn’t have a big influence in Scout’s life.

Scout is the main character of the story because she is the narrator of the story. Her original name is Jean Louise Finch but people have gave her the nickname Scout. In the beginning of the story Scout is almost six years old. She is not like most of the other girls because she does not like to dress in dresses and she doesn’t like to use a lot of ladylike manners. Many people make fun of her for being this way and make her feel bad about herself because she acts like a tomboy.

“‘After all, if Aunty could be a lady at a time like this, so could I”’ (Lee 318). This quote ascertains the moment that Scout has finally become a “lady”. Through the process of this transformation though, Scout saw how women were expected to always wear dresses, drink tea, and never play rough. Scout saw what life was like for a woman and she tried to fight it, but only stopped for the sake of Atticus.

“‘...you’ve got to do something about her,” Aunty was saying. ‘You’ve let things go on too long Atticus, too long.’” (Lee, 136). Aunt Alexandra was a fickle creature, insisting things be done in a proper manner, done with such etiquette, such precision. Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” tells a compelling story of growing up and coping with the aspects of everyday life, even when it be out of the ordinary.

This idea about masculinity and how it relates to power and leadership can help bring reason as to why some women take on the Queen Bee approach. Women must stay in the middle. “If women conform to the gender role by being feminine they fail to be ‘managerial’, but if they conform to the managerial role they are no longer feminine” (Mavin, 2008, p.77). Women have so many expectations that society makes it hard for them to be successful and seen for their strengths. Queen Bees act in a way that will differentiate them from other women.

Moreover, Scout learns that is very important that she shouldn’t judge people too quickly, when she meets Boo Radley. Before she met him, Scout believed all the rumors that people said about them. “Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall...hands were bloodstained…long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten…” (Lee 14) these rumors led to her thinking Boo was a monster. However, at the end of the book when Scout meets Boo, he is nothing like the character she was led to believe.

Frankie not only spouts off feminism throughout the story, she lives it, by taking matters into her own hands, and deciding to become a sort-of member of the secret society. Actually, she becomes a sort-of leader of the society. But she also recognizes that not every girl wants to be a leader of the society. Not every girl wants to start a revolution, nor does every girl feel the need to do so to be a feminist. And Frankie even ends the novel recognizing her flaws, and recognizing that the things she did might not have had the big change in her society that she would have liked, but that in subtle ways, maybe she helped pave the way.

Pt. I : The Two Faces of Women’s Rights One may think that in 1920, Suffragettes began to hang up their floral hats and picket signs in exchange for the short, boxy dresses of the Modern Woman considering new liberties at hand given to them by Modern Convenience and the ratified 19th Amendment- however, this is not the case. In fact, the two camps were separate-

In Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird,” Scout, who is the protagonist, is six years old and lives in Maycomb County, Alabama. She has the talent of reading when most people her age still can't and that is thanks to her father, Atticus who is a lawyer and her cook who In addition, the historical novel has a lot of gender inequality, injustice, and racial discrimination. Scout is a young girl, who is not like other girls, for she is like a tomboy who likes to play outside, play with her brother, and get dirty. Furthermore, she knows the laws that only a lawyer would know because of her father Atticus. On the other hand, she lost her mother, and her father is hardly around, so she doesn't have a parental figure around.

Lee’s statement about the justice system in America takes center stage for a majority of the novel, and is most powerfully communicated through Scout’s disappointment and confusion about the relations and events of the courtroom. She is particularly affected by Tom Robinson’s case because her father is the defense lawyer. Atticus struggles to justly defend Robinson without jeopardizing his reputation in Maycomb County, and damaging his relationships with his neighbors. He has many connections with people in positions of power, and people who have influence in his children’s lives. He does not want to endanger them or their future, but he also does not want to send an innocent man to prison.

A recently published study by Shigehiro Oishi and colleagues at the University of Virginia showed a striking relationship between geography and personality. This proves that where you live can easily influence your personality and how you live. In Harper Lee’s book, To Kill a Mockingbird, a little girl named Scout gains some very prominent traits, most of which is influenced by the small town she lives in and the people in it. Scout lives in a bounded town where everyone knows everything about each other; this caused curiosity to look further into things in her town. Scout started hearing rumors about The Radley PLace,“ A baseball hit into the Radley yard was a lost ball, no questions asked”( Page 10).