An example was Scout acting like a boy. Scout states, “Aunt Alexandra’s vision of my deportment involved playing with small stove tea sets, and wearing the Add-A-Pearl necklace” (Lee 108). In the novel, Aunt Alexandra has the stereotype image how women played a role in society, including girls in dresses, not being able to do hard work, and being very polite and polished. This quote heavily relates to my thesis because all through out history girls and women were thought of as subservient, unsoiled, and respectable. This was taught to be the normal through tradition. Unfortunately this was not the only thing negative being taught through tradition; racism was also part of the normal teachings from parents to
An example was Scout acting like a boy. Scout states, “Aunt Alexandra’s vision of my deportment involved playing with small stove tea sets, and wearing the Add-A-Pearl necklace” (Lee 108). In the novel, Aunt Alexandra has the stereotype image how women played a role in society, including girls in dresses, not being able to do hard work, and being very polite and polished. This quote heavily relates to my thesis because all through out history girls and women were thought of as subservient, unsoiled, and respectable. This was taught to be the normal through tradition. Unfortunately this was not the only thing negative being taught through tradition; racism was also part of the normal teachings from parents to