You seem to be asking for a positive influence and a
negative influence on Scout.
AUNT
ALEXANDRA seems to be her most negative influence. Scout can pick up on
the fact that she doesn't necessarily support Atticus' position through the trial. The
missionary tea circle that Scout has to go to (I am sure under the command of Aunt
Alexandra) further rubs Scout the wrong way as she sees racism, hypocrisy, and sheer
rude behavior dressed up in Sunday's best. Although I believe Aunt Alexandra loves Scout
and Jem, and she comes to help, Scout the narrator paints Aunt Alexandra as a person
not to copy.
MISS
MAUDIE teaches Scout values through example and respect. When the boys
are rude to Scout in chapter 5, Miss Maudie takes Scout under her wing and determines to
enlighten her about neighborhood history, shadings, and the value of her father. Scout
learns to respect and admire her dad for doing right even when no one else wants him to
because Maudie points out what a good man he is. By the time the missionary tea rolls
around, Maudie is there to keep Scout from acting on her emotions, something that has
always been a burden to Scout. Maudie was Scout's most positive
influence.
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