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In Harper Lee's novel, ?To Kill A Mocking Bird? you see that maturation of some of the characters is clearly evident, particularly Scouts. You see this by the way she acts in front of Miss Maudie, Calpurnia and Mrs. Alexandra Finch. Beside her father, Scout respects and likes most Miss Maudie. They have a great relationship and they both love each other very deeply. When Scout first introduce us to Miss Maudie (in chapter 5), she tells us all the nicest things about her. She talks about how much she and Jem trusted Miss Maudie and what a good friend she was. They trusted her because she never told on them, never played cat-and-mouse with them, and because she was not at all interested in their private lives, (pg. 44-45) unlike most Maycomb people. This is also why Scout respected Miss Maudie so much and why she told her, Miss Maudie, you are the best lady I know (page 45) . Miss Maudie always made cakes for Scout, Jem and Dill, and she invited them over to eat them and also to play in her backyard. One summer, Scout spent the whole second half of the summer with Miss Maudie. They sat in the front porch, watched the sunset, talked, and took care of Miss Maudie's garden. That is when Scout became very close to Mis s Maudie. Scout admired Miss Maudie. Miss Maudie was her hero. Calpurnia is a very important character in the novel. Scout has known Calpurnia her whole life and basically lived with her, but they weren't very close. Scout never liked Calpurnia very much, mostly because she always complained about her behavior. She was always ordering her out of the kitchen, asking her why she couldn't behave as well as Jem when she knew he was older, and calling her home when she wasn't ready to come. There talking was like battling and one-sided. Calpurina always won, mainly because Atticus always took her side. Another reason why Scout did not like Calpurnia is because she made her practice writing. Then, when Scout's teacher in grade one found out that Scout can read, she got in trouble and blamed Calpurnia. At that time, she was too young to understand that Calpurnia only tried to help her and teach her so she would be literate and know more useful things. Even though this seems like a negative relationship and seems as if though it can never get better, the relationship between Scout and Calpurnia changes through the novel. As Scout grows and becomes more mature, she realizes that Calpurnia is nice and she always means good. On page 29, Scout tells us about her and Cal's conversation one day when Scout came back from school. Calpurnia said that she had missed Scout that day while she and Jem were at school. All of a sudden, Calpurnia was really nice to Scout. She let Scout watch her fix supper, she made crackling bread for her, and she even kissed her. Scout describes how she feels after all this behavior: I ran along, wondering what had come over her. She had wanted to make up with me, that was it. She had always been too hard on me, she had at last seen the error of her fractious ways, she was sorry and too stubborn to say so. (page 29). This proves that Scout always thought that Calpurnia never liked her and did not care about her, and that she deserves Cal's apology. Scout is deeply hurt when Calpurnia tells her that picking on Walter Cunningham while he eats at their place is rude and that Scout sh ould stop that and never do it again. Here, Scout thinks that Calpurnia is being mean to her again, but when she grows up a little, she will be thankful to Calpurnia because she taught her about being polite and respectful to her guests. There is, however, because of this, a positive side to this relationship. Scout does respect Calpurnia, partly because she has to - she is her nanny and she takes care of her, and partly because she simply likes some of Cal's characteristics. Scout likes Calpurnia because she has more education than