... meaningful acts of friendship, integrity, and morality. Many of the people who play smaller roles in Atticus and Tom's life each do their part to help. As Miss Maudie tells a distraught Jem after he demands to know who in the town did anything to save Tom, " 'His colored friends for one thing, ... that Judge Taylor naming Atticus to defend that boy was no accident? That Judge Taylor might have had his reasons for naming him?' "(246). Miss Maudie is pointing out to Jem that throughout the whole ordeal of the trial, there have been a lot of people helping behind-the-scenes. Atticus i...

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... are the perfect example of it. They have been neighbors for years, but the town still treats them like fresh news. On the other side of the Finch house is Miss Maudie Atkinson. She is an older woman from whom Scout learns. She is a kind of maternal figure in the absence of Scout's mother. When her house burns down in chapter eight ... , Scout and Jem learn an invaluable lesson from Miss Maudie about strength in the face of adversity. Explanation of Chapters 9 - 14 ("Part 2") As Scout's fights with school children, and her cousin Francis, would suggest, the trial is going to be ... is as...

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... time the novel is set, women were still regarded as unequal to men. Scout learns this from: wwge gew esgeges ayge geba nge kcge geuk. Miss Maudie in terms of religion (pg 50) Atticus in terms of the law - no women on juries Alexandra in expected terms of dress and behaviour However ... person, capable of suffering like everyone else, the prejudice dies. Other people who are targeted are: wwag agw esagags ayag agba nag kcag aguk. - Miss Maudie by the foot-washers for her love of nature - Atticus by the community for defending a Black man - Tom Robinson himself Harper Lee indicates that .....

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... their father from the outside world and what it brought by living in the small town of Maycomb. The comforting scene of the people of Maycomb sticking together to save Miss Maudie's things, for instance, mitigated the horror of the fire, but showed the innocence of the town. In contrast, Bob Ewell's cowardly attack on Scout, who was dressed like a giant ham ... in justice and humanity was badly damaged and destroyed as the book ends. The connection between the novel's title and its main theme was defined many times in the novel. Miss Maudie explained to Jem and Scout, "Mockingbirds don'...

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... 's revelation that "one fellow took considerable wearing down- rarin for an outright acquittal- showed the increasing essential goodness passing though Maycomb, a signal of the triumph of goodness over evil. As Miss Maudie said "we making a step- it's just a baby step, but still a step."" Lee uses many literacy devices to examine the themes in To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee's use of techniques assist her ... ...

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... the way he does." [p.207]). There are some folks in Maycomb county like Dolphus, who aren't biased against Negroes, but don't show it directly. These people include Mr Heck Tate, Miss Maudie and Judge Taylor, who deliberately assigned Atticus to Tom's case to help fight against the prejudice. Courage and tolerance comes in many different forms, shapes and sizes. It can be ... ...

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... was too weak socially to fight the fact that he didn't commit the crime; there was no way he could defend himself. He was a kind of "mockingbird" in the novel. Miss Maudie said it best when she said "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy ... but sing their hearts out for us." Tom is compared to a mockingbird ... ...

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