To Kill A Mocking Bird Miss Maudie Atkinson character analysis

Describe Miss Maudie Atkinson

Miss Maudie is around 50 years old, wears straw hats, and men's coverals.

Miss Maudie's speech comes across as a bit tough and rigid. She calls everyone by their names. Miss Maudie rarely smiles but if she does you can see prongs in her teeth.

Miss Maudie and Mrs. Dubose

Miss Maudie gets made fun of for being a Baptist and believing in foot washing.

Contrast: Mrs. Dubose thinks that Scout and Jem won't be successful at anything in life while Miss Maudie believes that Scout and Jem will be successful in life. Mrs. Dubose is always speaking in an angry and mean way. She is also racist. Miss Maudie rarely says anything hurtful to others and believes everyone should be treated fairly.

Passage of Choice

During Miss Maudie's fire she said, "Only thing I worried about last night was all the danger and commotion it caused. This whole neighborhood could have gone up. Mr. Avery'll be in bed for a week-- he's right stove up. He's too old to do things like that and I told him so. Soon as I can get my hands clean and when Stephanie Crawford's not looking, I'll make him a Lane cake. That Stephanie's been after my recipe for thirty years, and if she thinks I'll give it to her just because I'm staying with her she's got another think coming" (Lee, 61).

Describe Miss Maudie Atkinson

Miss Maudie and Atticus

Compare: Miss Maudie and Atticus are both in their fifty's, share Atticus' belief in justice and both believe it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.

In Chapter 8 Miss Maudie Atkinson's house burns down. The roof was covered with flames and the house collapsed and fire flew everywhere. After seeing her house gone her lips moved quietly then she whipped her head up and celebrated. She hated her house!

Contrasts: Maudie is a Baptist who loves God and hates her house. She is not very educated, but Atticus is very educated. He is a lawyer who loves to read, a Methodist, plays the Jew Harp, a very good checker player, and nearly blind in his left eye.

Miss Maudie is the Finches next door neighbor and good friends with Scout.

Miss Maudie and Miss Stephanie Crawford

Miss Maudie Atkinson

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Contrast: Miss Stephanie is always picking on Scout but Miss Maudie treats Scout more like a friend. Miss Stephanie always has the latest gossip on things so Miss Maudie tends to play jokes on Miss Stephanie.

• Foil: Miss Maudie introduces Scout's 1st grade class to their teacher Miss Caroline

Describe Miss Maudie Atkinson

• Direct Characterization: Miss Maudie hated her house. She was a widow, who worked in flower beds in her straw hat and men's coveralls, but a while later she would then get in the bath. After her bath she would come outside unto her porch and look at how beautiful the earth is. Miss Maudie loves anything that was made on God's earth even things such as weeds.

Miss Maudie loves flowers. Her yard is filled with summer flowers. She cares deeply for the environment.

Jem and Scout could tell that Miss Maudie was mad the day of the trial of Mayella Ewell. Tom Robinson was being accused of raping Mayella Ewell. Miss Maudie knew Tom Robinson was innocent and didn't want him to go to Jail.

To Kill A Mocking Bird

Miss Maudie Atkinson

By: Harper Lee