 While everyone in the novel is filtered through Scout's perception, Calpurnia appears for a long time more as Scout's idea of her than as a real person.At the beginning of the novel, Scout appears to think of Calpurnia as the wicked stepmother to Scout's own Cinderella.However, towards the end of the book, Scout views Calpurnia as someone she can look up to, and realizes Calpurnia has only protected her over the years.