Aunt Alexandra has really come to Maycomb to stay with the
Finch family because she does not think that Atticus is raising his kids properly. She
thinks that they are not acting in a way that is appropriate for members of a high class
family. She also thinks that Atticus is giving Calpurnia (who is, of course, black) too
much of a role in raising Scout as she gets older.
You can
kind of see this idea right from the beginning of the chapter. Just as soon as the
chapter begins, Aunt Alexandra is telling Scout to quit scratching her head. Later on,
we start to hear about how Aunt Alexandra believes in some families just having better
bloodlines than others.
So Aunt Alexandra has come to
Maycomb to try to reform the Finch family and get them to act more in accordance with
their proper place in society.
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