Aunt Alexandra doesn't approve of much that Scout does. She hates the way she dresses, can't believe that Atticus allows her to curse, and disapproves of her friends. She confronts Atticus, but Atticus is going to raise his children the way he sees fit. Aunt Alexandra wants Scout to be more lady-like and thinks that because she is a Finch, she should start acting like it.
Aunt Alexandra is very one-dimensional when we first meet her. We see that being a member of a good family is very important to her, and she believes that anyone who has the family name should act a certain way. She is very concerned that Atticus doesn't care how Scout is acting. Aunt Alexandra wants Scout to become a woman of society and Atticus is not raising her that way.
Although Aunt Alexandra doesn't change much, we do see her soften towards Scout. We begin to understand that when Aunt Alexandra was being raised, it was a different way of life. Atticus is raising his children to be caring and upstanding citizens, and that is all we can hope for as parents.
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