Dubose fights to win over her drug addiction and when Miss Maudie’s house burns down. After Mrs. Dubose dies‚ Atticus tells Jem: “I wanted you to see what real courage is‚ instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin
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Miss Maudie Atkinson Upon reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ I discovered that there are many different characters that require attention. While getting to know all about these characters‚ I began to try and relate myself to them. All the main ones‚ such as Atticus‚ Jem and Scout‚ are easier to relate to due to their huge part of this novel. There are many other characters that have a very large impact on this book that do not get enough praise as deserved. One of these people is Miss
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Atticus‚ Scout‚ and Boo Radley. First‚ a brave‚ hardworking‚ single parent‚ Atticus Finch. He first shows courage when he shoots a mad dog to protect his family when he hasn’t touched a gun in over thirty years. Another character in the story‚ Miss Maudie‚ explains “I guess he put down his gun when he reilized god gave him an unfair advantage over most living things...” Another courages thing Atticus does‚ is standing up for
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Analyzing Miss Strangeworth Trying to get to know people is like reading a book; you have to figure out every detail. Shirley Jackson’s story‚ “The Possibility of Evil”‚ is a way for the readers to learn more about Miss Strangeworth. She is a woman who loves her town‚ but can be a bit discouraging to the people in her town. Miss Strangeworth’s character can be analyzed by considering what she does and says‚ what the narrator says about her‚ and how other characters interact with her. Miss Strangeworth’s
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Fire Destroys House Miss Maudie Atkinson’s house was destroyed in a deadly fire on December 15th. The first snowfall had fallen for the first time since 1885. School was cancelled for the day and the kids spent their day playing outside and building snowmen. Early the next morning‚ at about 1:00 a.m.‚ the neighborhood was ablaze. Everyone rushed outside to find Miss Maudie’s house on fire. The men of the neighborhood rushed to help get Miss Maudie and some of her precious items out
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symbols of the people’s character and also help the reader understand the book better as it unfolds. One of the gifts in the book was given to Miss Maudie. One night during the snow storm her house caught fire. The neighbors put the fire out but she needed a place to stay. Miss Maudie stayed with Miss Stephanie for the time being‚ “Miss Maudie would stay with Miss Stephanie for the time being.” (#71) This particular scene in the book showed how Maycomb people had a strong bond‚ a unity and willingness
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Firstly‚ Miss Maudie who has had conflict with the baptists shows courage “ Did you know some em came out of the woods one and passed by this place and told me me and my flowers were going to hell?” (Lee 44). Miss Maudie is attacked by people who for some reason seem to think that she is Satan or that she spends too much time in God’s outdoors. The fact that Miss Maudie ignores them even if the fact that they could become violent is impressive
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Miss Maudie gives Jem and Scout a more positive outlook on racism through her lack of judgement (racism) and her kindness to all people‚ no matter what they look like or do. Miss Maudie’s to Aunt Alexandra’s worries about Atticus is‚ “We can trust him to do right. It’s that simple” (Lee 316). Miss Maudie does not care what color or class Tom Robinson is. She just cares if Atticus and the jury do the right thing. She supports the people who are innocent and does not care if they are black or white
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who are the standard Southern women that society expects them to be. Some women revolt against the standards inadvertently‚ they are just being themselves. This contrast represents changing attitudes toward traditional roles. Scout Finch and Miss Maudie are two women who are supporting the feminist perspective of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Scout takes umbrage at being called a girl‚ and loves to play with her brother‚ Jem‚ and friend‚ Dill. Scout refused to be considered a girl. When Jem and Dill were going
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Part a) Lee presents Miss Maudie as a generally optimistic person‚ despite being a widow. She uses many techniques to demonstrate Miss Maudies positive view of Maycomb. Lees use of the superlative ‘safest’ to describe Miss Maudies view of the ‘folks’ of Maycomb‚ this illustrates how highly she regards most of the people who live there‚ this creates a tone of optimism which juxtaposes her positivity. Furthermore‚ Miss Maudie answers an inquisition of jem’s using the verb ‘surprised’ to perhaps demonstrate
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