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There was a fire in Scout and Jem's neighborhood, and some houses got burned down. Miss Maudie's house was one of those houses. Her reaction was very unexpected. She was not sad, but instead she said, "Why, I hated that old cow barn. Thought of settin' fire to it a hundred times myself, except they'd lock me up." (73) Truthfully, I think she felt just like the other community members; sad and tired. I am sure no one feels good after their house gets burnt down. She was trying to hide her sadness by pretending to be okay. She was trying to fool Scout, Jem, and even herself.
It was a cold night. To Atticus, it was the "coldest night in his memory" (68). Naturally, everyone made sure to have some nice coals to keep warm. Scout went to bed only to be woken up again. "I knew there was trouble in our street." (69)
When Scout made it outside and looked towards Miss Maudie's house, she was greeted with a fire. Not a fire to keep warm with, but a house burning down. Atticus had the kids stay out in front of the Radley place. Everyone else was frantically moving furniture out of Maudie's as fire trucks arrived. A couple strange thing happened that night and after. For one, when Scout got home, she found her self with a blanket. Where had this blanket come from? Well, Boo Radley put it on her (see page 72).
Probably the strangest thing was Miss Maudie's reaction to her house burning down. She was staying with Miss Stephanie for the time being, but when Jem asked her about her feelings, she just didn't care.
"I always wanted a smaller house... I'll have more room for my azaleas now!" (73)
The only other person who was really affected by was Mr. Avery, who hurt himself jumping out the window of his house during the fire. Certainly the fire was not easy on anyone in the neighborhood. It was (in my opinion) sort of a shock while it lasted, but everyone got ever it one way or another. No one was seriously injured and no real losses were had.
That night, there was a fire in Miss. Maudie’s house. The house had probably caught fire because of the fireplace, and burnt the whole house completely down. Her reaction wasn’t as strong as I thought it would have been. If I had a fire I would be screaming, but Miss. Maudie didn’t seem to care as much. This is proven, when she says that she always needed a smaller house anyways. Everyone else’s reaction in the town, was alarming, Miss Maudie’s was different.
For the first time in Maycomb, there was real winter. There was even a snowfall that even the schools had been closed because of the weather. Jem and Scout even did a snowman that looked a lot like Mr. Avery. That night, Atticus wakes Scout up and put her bathrobe. Atticus woke Scout up because they went outside with Jem to see what was happening. Miss Maudie’s house was on fire. Her neighbors help Miss Maudie get the furniture and a fire truck arrives. The fire truck stops the fire before it gets on other houses. Miss Maudie’s house got completely burned. It was even on the ground like they say in the book. The next day (after when Miss Maudie’s house was burned), Miss Maudie was elated. She told the children that she hated her old house and that she is thinking on building another smaller house and plants a larger garden.
So what kind of person was Miss Maudie? Remember, authors create characters through characterization, and characterization is achieved by what the character says, what the character does, and what others say about the character. What did we learn about Miss Maudie's character (her personality) from this incident?
Mrs. Maudie's house was burnt down. When this happen she seemed very happy about it, and said that that meant she could get a nice knew house. But since she is so optimistic, you donnot really know how she felt inside. She probably felt really sad, but just did not show it. Everyone else was suprised that she was not angry. This is what happens to very optimistic people.
Her house was burnt down to the ground. By the looks of it, she tries to hide the fact that she is completely shattered. She does this by saying that she could have burnt that house down and not cared much. She does this because it is the "ladylike thing to do). The other community members bring her flowers and try to soothe her. She is completely shattered but she actually can help to hide it. Personally, if it were me, I would not be afraid to show it simply for the sake of good manners. I would think of all those valuable possessions I had in there but soon get over it.
Ms. Maudie's house got burnt down. Everyone tried to help Miss Maudie and to put the fire down. Her reaction was very calm. She acted as if she was not sad. Instead she said, "Why, I hated that old cow barn. Thought of settin' fire to it a hundred times myself, except they'd lock me up." (73) I think that in her heart, she was feeling pain, but she did not act like so. As everyone else in the community, she was feeling sad and worn out. She hid her sadness to herself because no one would be fine after her house was gone.
Miss Maudie's house burnt down. Her reaction was not anything as I though it would have been. She was not sad about it, and if she was, she did not show it. She was showing how glad she was because she said that she always wanted a smaller house so that this way she could have a bigger garden. The people around her, her neighbors, were more scared and sad that what Miss Maudie was.
Throughout the events from chapters 8-9 Miss Maudie's house got burnt down. What happened was that Miss Maudie left some flames up for heat but they caught on to something, before anyone knew it the whole neighborhood was out helping her get her stuff out of that furnace.
I completely agree with all of my classmates on the fact that what is most amusing is her reaction. Miss Maudie said: “Why, I hated that old cow barn. Thought of settin' fire to it a hundred times myself, except they'd lock me up.” (73) We instantly knew that Miss Maudie had a positive thought to it but she was still very sad. She of course was sad because all her beautiful plants burned up, but she didn’t hesitate at replanting them.
The other neighborhood folks were very sad at Miss Maudie's "loss". The neighborhood still did everything possible to help her out that night.
Miss Maudie is the kind of person that is very positive in mind. Miss Maudie treats Scout, Jem and Dill very well. She gives them cake once in a while and always lets them play in her yard, as long as they do not touch her azaleas.
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