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In English, my class has been reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. We finished it, so today we had a socratic seminar about the book. Someone asked the question, "Whose style of parenting do you prefer: Atticus' or Aunt Alexandra's?"
In case you don't know, Atticus' style is more hands-off, respectful, and unorthodox.
Aunt Alexandra is more traditional, "girls should be girls" and such.
Scout is Atticus' kid and the main character in the story. She's very tomboyish, refuses to wear dresses, etc.
This girl answered, "Well, I think that Aunt Alexandra's style is better, because Scout has to become a girl at some point, because it isn't right. She can't just go on being a tomboy forever."
Now, To Kill a Mockingbird is a book about racism and social inequality. What I don't get about the girl's statement was that it was so sexist, when the book was about biases! This didn't make any sense at all.
How do you deal with such people?
In case you don't know, Atticus' style is more hands-off, respectful, and unorthodox.
Aunt Alexandra is more traditional, "girls should be girls" and such.
Scout is Atticus' kid and the main character in the story. She's very tomboyish, refuses to wear dresses, etc.
This girl answered, "Well, I think that Aunt Alexandra's style is better, because Scout has to become a girl at some point, because it isn't right. She can't just go on being a tomboy forever."
Now, To Kill a Mockingbird is a book about racism and social inequality. What I don't get about the girl's statement was that it was so sexist, when the book was about biases! This didn't make any sense at all.
How do you deal with such people?