How Does Miss Maudie Symbolize In To Kill A Mockingbird

During the court, Tom Robinson explained everything what happened that night, but that was not the abuse and rape of Ms. Mayella. However, Tom had an embarrassing situation, which Atticus had to explain to Scout later “he would not have dared strike a white woman under any circumstances and expect to live long, so he took the first opportunity to run—a sure sign of guilt.” (Lee 221) Everything Tom tried to do just helped Mayella, but he was wrongly accused of rape. After Tom’s death, Mr. Underwood compares the death with “……..senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters and children.” (Lee 275) The last Mockingbird is Boo Radley; the real name is Arthur Radley. Boo has seen a mockingbird because he did not perform any of the actions that the

Maudie’s life such as hardship in life and persecution around her. Azalea are known for living in harsh conditions such as acid or dry soil, and they are also known for their beautiful colors, but the Azaleas are also slightly toxic. In the 1900s, the South was still mostly racist, especially Foot-Washers, a bastions extremist of the Baptist. Miss Maudie does not like Foot-Washers because they take everything in the Bible literally, not just the right of slavery but the main idea of joy as a sin. Miss Maudie said, “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?” (Lee 49) Mss. Maudie is a Christian, but she believes in life without suffering throughout the day to read the Bible. Foot Washers did not like her because of her free spirit, like the “toxic” part of Azalea because the foot-washers considered her as toxic to the Southern Baltic society, she loves the flower and she likes to take care of her garden. Therefore, she must be a religious person. In one case Mss. Maudie scared the foot-washers feared her because she could quotation the scriptures, “…… the foot-washers thought that the Devil was quoting Scripture for his own purposes, as the driver speeded his mules. …. Miss Maudie’s command of Scripture was formidable.” (Lee 181). In the story, Scout looked up to Mss. Maudie because she was very independent and she did not listen to the rules of society, “She was a widow, a chameleon lady who worked in her flower beds in an old straw hat and men's coveralls.” (Lee 47) The statement support Miss Maudie’s independence because it shows that she does not always wear a woman’s clothes. Mss. Maudie’s independence from foot-washers is the virulence of flowers, her ability to adapt to the persecution is the same as the ability of