Miss Maudie
Miss Maudie is an elderly neighbor of Jem and Scout Finch. Unfortunately, I couldnt find a description in the book of what she looks like, but I found many characteristical descriptors. "Miss Maudie hated her house: time spent indoors was time wasted(42)." She was always outside, in her garden or on the porch. "She was a widow, a chameleon lady who worked in her flower bed in an old straw hat and mens overalls, but after her five o'clock bath, she would appear on the porch and reign over the street is magisterial beauty(42)." Miss Maudie doesn't care about what other people say about her, and stands firm in her beliefs. She is a kind hearted woman and cares about the kids. When she bakes, she makes special cakes just for them; "When she baked, she would make a large cake and three smaller ones, and she would call us from across the street: ' Jem Finch, Scout Finch, and Charles Baker Harris, come here(43)!'" The kids really enjoy Miss Maudie, especially since "..she had never told on us, never played cat-and-mouse with us, and didnt care at all about our private lives(44-45)." They consider her their friend, and as Scout put it, "..the best lady I know(45)."
Quotes From Miss Maudie
-"Beautiful my hind foot! If it freezes tonight it'll carry off all my Azaleas!"
-"Jem Finch, you devil, bring me back my hat, sir!"
-"Greiving, child? Why, I hated that old cow barn. Thought of setting fire to it a hundred times myself, except they'd lock me up."
-"Dont worry about me Jean Louis Finch."
-"Always wanted a smaller house, Jem Finch, Gives me more room for my Azaleas now!"
-" Soon as I can get my hands clean and when Stephanie Crawfords not looking, I'll make him a Lane cake. That Stephanies been after my recipe for thirty years, and if she thinks I'll give it to her just because I'm staying with her shes got another think coming."
-"Jem Finch, you devil, bring me back my hat, sir!"
-"Greiving, child? Why, I hated that old cow barn. Thought of setting fire to it a hundred times myself, except they'd lock me up."
-"Dont worry about me Jean Louis Finch."
-"Always wanted a smaller house, Jem Finch, Gives me more room for my Azaleas now!"
-" Soon as I can get my hands clean and when Stephanie Crawfords not looking, I'll make him a Lane cake. That Stephanies been after my recipe for thirty years, and if she thinks I'll give it to her just because I'm staying with her shes got another think coming."