Aunt Alexandra
Aunt Alexandra, or Alexandra Hancock, is so different from her easy-going brothers, Atticus and Jack, that Scout wonders if she was switched at birth with another family’s baby. She’s the kind of woman who wears a corset even under her bathrobe. Scout compares her to Mount Everest: “throughout my early life, she was cold and there”. Aunt Alexandra’s obsession with “What Is Best For the Family”- in Scout’s ears, Aunty often speaks in Capital Letters Of Doom – is part of her more general way of classifying people by family heritage. She sees the Finch name like an exclusive brand – it’s valuable when you can only find it at exclusive stores, but make it available at supermarkets and it’ll seem cheap.