Character Analysis Calpurnia – the Maid or Something More?Essay Preview: Character Analysis Calpurnia – the Maid or Something More?Report this essayThe Maid or Something More?In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Calpurnia is the African-American cookand housekeeper for the Finches. When we go beyond the surface though, we find out that she is a friend and a mother figure to Scout and Jem. Calpurnia displays the theme of showing a moral education. She has many very good qualities about her that show this theme. Some of them are that she is loving, strict, and a mother figure. Throughout the book we learn new things about Calpernia and we go beyond the surface to find out just who she is.