Ms. Maudie Biography

Ms. Maudie
Ms. Maudie is a  secondary character in To Kill a Mocking Bird, who lives across the street from the Finches. She is very modest lady who is obsessed with nature and more importantly her garden. When she heard the news her house burnt down, she was pleased to find that she had more space to plant more flowers. Her religious views are baptism as she is not a christian. Many religious people were against this and when they walked by her house they would tell her, her flowers are going to hell. Ms. Maudie came close to both Jem and Scout as she shared knowledge and advice about many things to help them grow towards being better people. She kept her distance from the trial and kept her viewpoints close, calling the trial a Roman Carnival in which Romans would gather to the slaughter of Christians.

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Atticus Finch


Atticus is the father of both Jem and Scout. He main role in the novel is being a father, as well as a upstanding lawyer. He is a respected man in Maycomb for his honesty and intelligence. Throughout the story Atticus is chosen to follow the case of Tom Robinson. Atticus tries his best to defend Tom Robinson in a position that isn't winnable. He still gets the respect of the town showing his personality and showing that black and white people are equal and deserve the same amount of rights and freedom. Atticus is an ideal man because he has the courage to stand up for what is right even if he has to stand alone to protect his children, and integrity. Atticus is looked at as a hero, and a father he did not see himself as a hero he just did what duty he had to do.

Mrs. Dubose

Mrs. Dubose is an elderly, racist women who lives close to the Finches. She is ill-tempered and insults Jem and Scout on several occasions. Everyone views Mrs. Dubose as a truly bad women but little do they know that she is battling her morphine addiction. Her one goal before she left this world was to free herself from her morphine addiction. Jem had the misfortune of reading to her everyday as a result of him destroying her flowers. Each day her would read more and more until Mrs. Dubose didn't need to take the morphine. The alarm clock was her signal to take the morphine but Jem would continue reading as the alarm clock went off. Mrs. Dubose displays courage by trying to stop her morphine addiction and although she dies, she dies a free women.