Miss.Maudie, the Gardener
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By:Connie and Trenon
Her Opinions
Miss. Maudie has close relationships with the Finch family. To Jem and "scout", she is sort of a mentor to them and treats them like her friends. She can be snappy but gives them both very valuable lessons. Jem and Scout count Miss Maudie as a friend because, unlike most adults, she treats them with respect. but does not approve of the ridiculous rumors of the Radley family and sets them straight with the real facts, unlike the ones the children heard from Miss.Stephanie Crawford. Miss. Maudie seems to be very close with their father, Atticus. They act very jokingly around one another and seem to have known each other very well for a long time. Like herself, Atticus is very smart and intellectual. She thinks he is a good man and father. Scout told her once the advice she had gotten from her father "Atticus said,"If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you see things from their point of view
Maudie's House
"She loved everything that grew in God’s earth, even the weeds."
Miss.Maudie
"Miss Maudie hated her house: time spent indoors was time wasted. She was a widow, a chameleon lady who worked in her flower beds in an old straw hat and men’s coveralls, but after her five o’clock bath she would appear on the porch and reign over the street in magisterial beauty."
Maudie and the children
"Our tacit treaty with Miss Maudie was that we could play on her lawn, eat her scuppernongs if we didn't jump on the arbor, and explore her vast back lot, terms so generous we seldom spoke to her, so careful were we to preserve the delicate balance of our relationship,"
Student Response: Why does Harper Lee include Miss Maudie as a main character in the novel?
Harper Lee includes Miss Maudie in her novel because without her, the story would be more down and upsetting. But with Miss Maudie, she plays a role of a mentor to Scout and adds on to the interesting events that occur throughout the story