Chapter Analysis of Too Kill A Mockingbird
Harper Lee introduces Miss Maudie
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Harper Lee introduces Miss Maudie in some depth, and we see this woman through Scout's eyes. Scout and the other children trust this older woman because she has never betrayed their confidence. She stands as an older adult to whom the children can talk, and for Scout this places her in the same league with her father, Atticus. Miss Maudie is indeed from the same element in the community as Atticus, the more intelligent and tolerant group in town. The woman is said to hate her house but to love everything that grows from the ground except nut grass. Atticus does not like the children to play certain games, especially games that make fun of Boo Radley, but Miss Maudie lets the children play in her yard so long as certain rules are observed. At the same time, she is like Atticus in another respect--she also tolerates the Radleys and does not believe they should be harassed in any way. Miss Stephanie contrasts with Miss Maudie in that she likes to spread gossip about the Radleys, and Miss Maudie objects to this sort of behavior. In these chapters, the different views of the Radleys conflict and create a sense of uncertainty which affects Scout and the others--they do not really know what to think, but they see the Radleys more and more as mysterious beings and perhaps as dangers. Much of the novel centers on the children's curiosity about the Radley house and its occupants, and a certain lack of tolerance runs through the fears of the children, fears that they acquir
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f the trial, the children see their father in action and see how well he can make witnesses look foolish when they are lying or attempting to cover something over. This is apparent right away as he interviews Mr. Tate, who has to admit that he did not call a doctor on the night Mrs. Ewell was supposedly raped and beaten. Even as the children see that Atticus can do his job very well, Scout also sees that her father's usual disposition serves him well in this venue as elsewhere:
Atticus was proceeding amiably, as if he were involved in a title dispute. With his infinite capacity for calming turbulent seas, he could make a rape case as dry as a sermon (169).
This is the first time the story of the rape is told. It has only been hinted at in the past, and now details emerge so that we can understand what is taking place as if we were in the courtroom. Indeed, we may know less than the public at large, but we are being taken through the facts with the testimony given in court. In this way, we can draw our own conclusions and be guided not by prejudice but by facts, which is quite the opposite of what the town has been doing.
The different levels of society are represented in the courtroom. Most of the different groups are
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Approximate Word count = 5549
Approximate Pages = 22 (250 words per page)
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