From the perspective of Calpurnia:
Aunt Alexandra came for a visit. I never liked her very much, but she was company and I had to treat her well. I know the children don't like her but they—especially Scout—need her as a motherly figure. She is very proper just like the Finch's are known for being. I continued to treat our guest welcomingly, even though she doesn't deserve that much compensation. I know it was a good choice for Atticus to invite her to help out.
Our new guest didn't seem too happy about me being there. Maybe she didn't think colored people should be in white people's homes, or maybe she thought I was the one who made the children disobedient and improper. When Scout brought up that I took them to my church, she didn't like that idea at all, though Atticus didn't seem to mind. The days went by unchanging, and I continued to treat our visitor nicely, even though it was nearly impossible to extract anything bad about her all around town.
After a while, I find out that Dill has given us a surprise visit. I don't mind too much, it's just one more mouth to feed. One night, however, I overheard Alexandra talking to Atticus about something I don't think I was supposed to hear. I heard her say,”We need to get rid of her,” but the rest I wasn't sure of. If she was meaning they had to get rid of me, I would just have to be as nice as possible to her. For some reason Atticus always listened to her. If she antagonized him with the thought for a long enough period of time, I would be fired. I just kept doing my job and acted oblivious about the whole thing, even though it was very apparent she disliked me.
Most of the while she was visiting, I was preoccupied with housework, as usual. Atticus seemed a lot busier than normal, which worried me. He never seems himself when he's stressed that much because of a case. He explained the case and its importance to me before, but with Aunt Alexandra around, and him being gone all the time, it was difficult to find time to talk about it. I also felt bad for him because he wanted the best for the children I knew that. That fact made me try even harder, and I prayed for him to win the case, even though the odds were almost impossible to beat.
1 comments:
1. I think that you did a really good job with spelling and grammar but when you said “I heard her say,”We need to…” there wasn’t a space between the comma and the ("). That was the only thing though I think. Other than that one thing it was really well written and you should defiantly keep up the good work.
2. I really liked how you started off with how Calpunia feels about Aunt Alexandra. It really gave the character emotion and opinion. I though it was a great way to start off including the character. The way that you made Calpunia kind of sum it all up at the end and wish for the best for Atticus and the case was also really good.
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