Miss Maudie Flashcards
Description of Miss Maudie - ‘Miss Maudie hated…’
‘her house: time spent indoors was time wasted’
Description of Miss Maudie - ‘She… 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’
Description of Miss Maudie - ‘Her speech was…’
‘crisp for a Maycomb County inhabitant’
Miss Maudie and religion- ‘Foot-washers believe…’
‘anything that’s pleasure is a sin. Did you know some of ‘em… told me me and my flowers were going to hell?’
Miss Maudie and religion- ‘Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than…’
‘a whisky bottle in the hand of- oh, of your father… [they are] so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one’
Miss Maudie and equality- ‘That is three-fourths…’
‘coloured folks and one-fourth Stephanie Crawford’
Miss Maudie and prejudice- ‘Mr Radley shot at…’
‘a Negro in his collard patch’
Miss Maudie and mockingbirds- ‘Mockingbirds don’t…’
‘do one thing but make music for us to enjoy’
Miss Maudie and modesty- ‘People in their right minds…’
‘never take pride in their talents’
Miss Maudie and Tom’s trial- ‘It’s morbid, watching a poor devil on trial…’
‘for his life. Look at all those folks, it’s like a Roman Carnival’
Gender equality- ‘Miss Maudie can’t serve on a jury…’
‘because she’s a woman-‘
Miss Maudie and discrimination- ‘His food…’
‘doesn’t stick going down, does it?’
