Article: The female voice in 'To Kill a Mockingbird': narrative strategies in film and novel.

Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not

possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing

in a dress, she said I wasn't supposed to be doing anything that required

pants. Aunt Alexandra's vision of my deportment involved playing with small

stoves, tea sets, and wearing the Add-A-Pearl necklace she gave me when I was

born; furthermore, I should be a ray of sunshine in my fathers lonely life. I

suggested that one could be a ray of sunshine in pants just as well, but

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