Chapter 8
By: Amanda Casillas, Morgan Bryan, and Danielle Wightman.
Summary
For the first time in years, Maycomb has a real winter. There is even light snowfall, school is closed. Jem and Scout take as much snow as they could from Miss Maudie’s yard to theirs. Since there is not enough snow to make a real snowman, they build a small type of snowman out of dirt and cover it with snow. They make it look like Mr. Avery, the unpleasant man who lives down the street. The figure’s similarity to Mr. Avery is so alike that Atticus demands that they disguise it. Jem puts Miss Maudie’s sunhat on its head and sticks her hedge clippers in its hands, much to her chagrin.
That night, Atticus wakes Scout and helps her put on her coat and goes outside with her and Jem. Miss Maudie’s house is on fire. The neighbors help her save her furniture, and the fire truck arrives in time to stop the fire from spreading to other houses, but Miss Maudie’s house burns to the ground. While this is happening, someone drapes a blanket over Scout. When Atticus later asks her about it, she has no idea who put it over her. Jem realizes that Boo Radley put it on her. Atticus tells them to keep it to themselves, and Scout, realizing that Boo was just behind her, nearly throws up.