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The way the content is organized and presented is seamlessly smooth, innovative, and comprehensive. Miss Maudie is in her 40s and a widow, and she loves to garden but hates her house.
Miss Maudie, like Atticus , has an innate sense of morality and believes that all people deserve to be treated with respect and compassion.
Miss Maudie is opinionated and willing to express her views, and as such, often calls out Miss Stephanie and others for gossiping and spreading rumors. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:. Chapter 5 Quotes. Radley , Nathan Radley. Page Number and Citation : 50 Cite this Quote. Explanation and Analysis:.
Chapter 10 Quotes. Related Symbols: The Mockingbird. Page Number and Citation : Cite this Quote. Just like Atticus, she sees Tom as a human being who deserves respect and to be treated as an equal throughout his time in court. Miss Maudie always has time for the children and is willing to listen to what they say and engage in conversation with them. She listens to their opinions, invites them into her garden and bakes cakes for them to eat. Scout is outlining here how generous she feels Miss Maudie is being towards her and Jem.
Although she comments that they do not like to talk to Miss Maudie too much in order to keep their relationship a friendly one, this changes as the novel develops and Scout and Jem mature.
When Scout feels that Jem and Dill are playing games she does not wish to become involved with she grows even closer to Miss Maudie.
At times, Miss Maudie seems like a surrogate mother to Scout as they talk together about serious issues such as the trial. Miss Maudie is never afraid to speak her mind and can be witty when she is making sure that she is making her opinion clear to others.
Unlike Miss Stephanie and Mrs. Dubose, however, Miss Maudie uses her sharp tongue to counter meanness rather than to perpetrate it. When Miss Stephanie tries to spread tales of Boo's fearsomeness, Miss Maudie doesn't just refuse to listen, or even just smile and nod and forget.
I said what did you do, Stephanie, move over in the bed and make room for him? That shut her up a while. Miss Maudie's joke embarrasses Miss Stephanie into holding her tongue , but perhaps it's effective because it plays off the truth: Miss Stephanie wants to know everyone's intimate secrets, just as if she were sleeping with them. Jem and Scout count Miss Maudie as a friend because, unlike most adults, she treats them with respect.
Just like Atticus , who she says is "the same in his house as he is on the public streets" 5. While Miss Stephanie is always poking and prying, especially at Scout, and Mrs.
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