How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Alexandra's voice cut through her ruminations: "Jean Louise, did you come down on the train Like That?" (2.45)
For anyone who has read To Kill a Mockingbird, Aunt Alexandra's character is no surprise. She is the voice of the old Southern matriarchy, making sure her niece always puts on a good face, regardless of how Jean Louise actually feels.
Quote #2
"I do wish you'd try to dress better while you're home. Folks in town get the wrong impression of you. They think you are—ah—slumming." (2.48)
Aunt Alexandra is very concerned with what other people think of Jean Louise, as a reflection on her. In a small Southern town, women with nothing better to do care very much about the society's opinion of them.
Quote #3
Alexandra was the last of her kind: she had river-boat, boarding-school manners; let any moral come along and she would uphold it; she was a disapprover; she was an incurable gossip. (3.6)
These sound like negative traits, and from Jean Louise's POV, they are. But for the society ladies of Maycomb, Aunt Alexandra is a paramount example of class.