Character+Connection+1+Alex

First quote: "Calpurnia said, "It's the same God, ain't it?"" (Lee,136)

Second quote: "There's some folks who don't eat like us," she whisperedfiercely, "but you ain't called on to contradict 'em at the table whenthey don't. That boy's yo' comp'ny and if he wants to eat up the tablecloth you let him, you hear?""He ain't company, Cal, he's just a Cunningham-""Hush your mouth! Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot inthis house's yo' comp'ny, and don't you let me catch you remarkin' (Lee,24)

The first quote shows that Calpurnia is an educated woman who is against racism and judge fairly to everyone no matter who they are. She said that when Lula criticized her for bringing Jem and Scout to the church. Lula believes that white people are not allowed to go the church of black people. But Calpurnia thinks that there is no discrimination between black and white one because they have the same religion, the same God. The second quote also supports for that idea, although Walter is poor, Calpurnia respects him and treats him fairly like she does with other people.

The song I choose for the text to text connection is You'll be in my heart by Phil Collins. The difference between the song and the quote is that they have different topics. This song is taken from the soundtrack of a cartoon movie Tarzan, at the scene where the mother gibbon protects Tarzan - a child from her gibbon family in the forest. On the contrary, the quote is the declaration of Calpurnia about the fairness between people. However there is one similarity between them, which is a sentence in the lyric of the song:

"I know we're different but, deep inside us. We're not that different at all"

That is exactly what Calpurnia wants to tell people: Although the black and white people have difference in appearance, lifestyle or culture... deep inside, they are all human beings and have the right to be treated fairly. In addition, the way mother gibbon protects Tarzan is the same way Calpurnia protects Jem and Scout from Lula. Even though they are not mothers and children, from two difference worlds, they still can love each other.