MindMap Gallery To Kill A Mockingbird - Miss Maudie and Calpurnia
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To Kill A Mockingbird - Miss Maudie and Calpurnia
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Miss Maudie and Calpurnia
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ACTS LIKE
Miss Maudie: Civilised
"Her speech was crisp for a Maycomb county inhabitant." pg. 48
calpurnica: gruff
“Her hand was as wide as a bed slat and twice as hard.” pg. 12
Miss Maudie generous
"Soon as i can get my hands clean and when Stephanie Crawford's not looking, ill make him a lane cake." pg. 79
a lane cake at the time wasincredibly time consuming anddifficult to make
MOTIVATED BY
Miss Maudie: Faith
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Calpurnica: loyalty, to the finchesand to the children, who have nomother
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Miss Maudie: belief in the townand it's people
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TEXTUAL ISSUES OR CONCERNS LINKEDTO THIS CHARACTER
Miss Maudie: Fire
"Always wanted a smaller house..." pg. 78
In this section Miss Maudies house burns down. The readerknows that anyone in their right mind would be concerned by thisbut Miss Maudie plays it off and manages to be optimistic in thissituation, as unhappy as she may be.
Calpurnia: Tom's death
"yes sir,' she murmured, fumbling at her apron." pg. 239
Calpurnia has just heard of Toms death and sheis obviously stunned. She is faced with the taskof helping Atticus to break the news to his wife.
Calpurnia: no longer of use
"We don't need her now." pg.140
Aunt Alexandria tries to persuade Atticus to fireCalpurnia but Atticus refuses as she is part of thefamily.
Calpurnia: Scout
"...anybody sets foot in this house's yo' comp'ny..." pg. 30
Throughout the book Calpurnia is constantly doingher best to discipline Scout and help her be moreladylike as Calpurnia is the motherly figure in herlife.
HOW OTHERS SEE HIM OR HER...
miss maudie: seen as sinful byreligious extremists
"...Foot-washers believe anything that’s pleasure is a sin. Did you know some of ‘em came out of the woods one Saturday and passed by this place and told me me and my flowers were going to hell?" pg. 50
Mennonites (amish) come by her house and tellMiss Maudie she is going to hell because of hergardening.
calpurnica: Mother figure by Scout and Jem
"i had felt her tyrannical presence as long as i could remember" pg. 12
Explain
Calpurnica: indespensibe
'Alexandra, Calpurnica's not leaving until she wants to. You may think otherwise, but i couldn't have got along without her all these years."
Explain
LOOKS LIKE
Miss Maudie:Beautiful
"...she would appear on the porch and reign over the street in magisterial beauty." pg.48
Miss Maudie: few gold teeth
"...when she grinned she revealed two minute gold prongs clipped to her eye-teeth.
Calpurnia: negro
"Again I thought her voice strange: she was talking like the rest of them." pg. 123
Calpurnia takes the kids to her own church andshe argues with another woman using wordslike them.
BELIEFS & VALUES
Miss Maudie:Baptist
"I'm just a baptist." pg. 50
Miss Maudie is explaining to Scout that she is not anextremely strict foot washer and religion is just aregular part of her life, her life does not revolve aroundit.
Miss Maudie: Caring
"She loved everything that grew in God's earth, even the weeds." pg. 48
Scout tells that Maudie is a ver kind and caring personwith a good heart. 'even the weeds.' shows that she canlove those who no one else loves which is a very goodquality.
Calpurnia: Sees everyone as equal
"...anybody sets foot inthis house's yo' comp'ny..." pg. 30
Calpurnia tells Scout that Walter is welcome inthe house even though he is very different and totreat him well.
'They's my comp'ny." pg.123
Calpurnia did not see what was wrong withbringing white children to black church becauseshe saw them as equals.
Miss Maudie: optimistic
"Always wanted a smaller house..." pg. 78
She says this after her current house burnsdown and she seems to make light of thesituation.