Miss Maudie
Miss Maudie
Miss Maudie looks gaunt and old as she knows a lot about Maycombe’s past. She is first mentioned properly in Chapter 2 page 21: “Our activities halted when any of the neighbours appeared, and once I saw Miss Maudie Atkinson staring across the street at us, her hedge clippers poised in mid-air.” The impression this gives is that she is very much a menacing figure even though she looks weak.
Miss Maudie is strict yet she can still be pretty compassionate towards Jem and Scout. She is a great a fanatic for plants. Miss Maudie Atkinson is a strong and supportive character in this novel, she is not unfair at all and she loves the children!
Miss Maudie has an important relationship with Jem and Scout as she is a mentor to them. She gives them valuable life lessons and sets them straight on ridiculous rumours about the Radley’s. An example of Scout and Jem getting explanation from Miss Maudie can be seen in Chapter 10 page 49: “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird”.
Miss Maudie is a spiritualist but is not very religious. She is told to be a Baptist this means that she is a Christians who hates people who say that Baptism (a religious ceremony where priests sprinkle water on infants, children or adults) should only be done to people who are strong believers in the religion, but she was religious a long time ago. Miss Maudie talks about her religion in chapter 5 page 24: (‘“Foot-washers believe anything that’s pleasure is a sin. Did you know some of them came out of the woods one Saturday and passed by this place and told me that I and my flowers were going to hell?” “Your flowers, too?” “Yes ma’am. They’d burn right with me. They thought I spent too much time in God’s outdoors and not enough time inside the house reading the Bible.”’)
Miss Maudie is a positive influence on Scout as she looks up to her as her role model this can be
Miss Maudie looks gaunt and old as she knows a lot about Maycombe’s past. She is first mentioned properly in Chapter 2 page 21: “Our activities halted when any of the neighbours appeared, and once I saw Miss Maudie Atkinson staring across the street at us, her hedge clippers poised in mid-air.” The impression this gives is that she is very much a menacing figure even though she looks weak.
Miss Maudie is strict yet she can still be pretty compassionate towards Jem and Scout. She is a great a fanatic for plants. Miss Maudie Atkinson is a strong and supportive character in this novel, she is not unfair at all and she loves the children!
Miss Maudie has an important relationship with Jem and Scout as she is a mentor to them. She gives them valuable life lessons and sets them straight on ridiculous rumours about the Radley’s. An example of Scout and Jem getting explanation from Miss Maudie can be seen in Chapter 10 page 49: “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird”.
Miss Maudie is a spiritualist but is not very religious. She is told to be a Baptist this means that she is a Christians who hates people who say that Baptism (a religious ceremony where priests sprinkle water on infants, children or adults) should only be done to people who are strong believers in the religion, but she was religious a long time ago. Miss Maudie talks about her religion in chapter 5 page 24: (‘“Foot-washers believe anything that’s pleasure is a sin. Did you know some of them came out of the woods one Saturday and passed by this place and told me that I and my flowers were going to hell?” “Your flowers, too?” “Yes ma’am. They’d burn right with me. They thought I spent too much time in God’s outdoors and not enough time inside the house reading the Bible.”’)
Miss Maudie is a positive influence on Scout as she looks up to her as her role model this can be