The Many Traits of Aunt Alexandra My “Crazy Aunt” does drugs, and her boyfriend is her drug dealer. Aunty Boo just took me on a $400.00 shopping spree. Neither of these descriptions fits Jem and Scouts Aunt Alexandra in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, but if you tone them down and put them together, you get the general characterization of their “Aunty.” Atticus Finch is a very profound, respected lawyer and the …showed first 75 words of 882 total…

…showed last 75 words of 882 total…heart for them. She came in to Maycomb, expecting to take over, and run Atticus, Jem, and Scout’s lives. As she begins to find her place, Scout begins to see that she means well, and always wanted the best for everyone. There are a lot of different kinds of Aunts out there, and no matter how weird, or normal, you think yours are, there is always someone that is more weird, or more ordinary.