In chapter 12, Calpurnia is shown to have two identities. The price she has to pay for having her two identies is that she can’t fit into society. She is educated, which was rare, unlike her fellow black friends. She is disliked by them because she spends all we time with the Finchs, her own son Zeboo doesn’t even speck to her.

‘Why do you talk n*-talk to the – to your folks when you know it’s not right?’

She is not accepted by white people because she is black. She doesn’t know her own birthday. This creates sympathy for her because the audience will all have their birthdays and it is a special day.