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Miss Maude "Maudie" Atkinson, a widow of about 40, lives across the road from the Finches, and she is one of the few adults that Jem and Scout hold in high regard and respect. She had known them all her life, being the daughter of Dr. Frank Buford, their neighbouring landowner to the Finch ancestral home, Finch's Landing .
Scout reports, "Miss Maudie baked a Lane cake so loaded with shinny it made me tight", [1] "shinny" being a slang term for moonshine, and "tight" suggesting feeling the effects of the alcohol. Also in To Kill a Mockingbird, Miss Maudie bakes a Lane cake for Mr. Avery, who was severely injured in an attempt to put out a fire in her home. “Soon ...
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by the American author Harper Lee. It was published in July 1960 and became instantly successful. In the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. To Kill a Mockingbird won the Pulitzer Prize a year after its release, and it has become a classic of modern American literature.
You might be surprised by how many popular movie quotes you're remembering just a bit wrong. 'The Wizard of Oz' Though most people say 'Looks like we're not in Kansas anymore,' or 'Toto, I don't think
Mary Badham, who was nominated for an Academy Award as Scout in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' in 1962, is now 65 years old.
The northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) is a mockingbird commonly found in North America, of the family Mimidae. ... Atticus Finch and Miss Maudie, say it is a ...
What sort of source would be necessary? The title is in the quote by Atticus. "'Tis a sin to kill a mockingbird," and the subsequent explanation by Miss Maudie Atkinson. There are sources that point this out, but as Kscottbailey said, they just repeat what's already in the book. --Moni3 17:30, 7 November 2007 (UTC)Moni3
She played Maudie Atkinson in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) as well as Callie Hacker in Walking Tall (1973). The following year, in 1974, she appeared in the television film A Case of Rape , playing a ruthless defense attorney who brutally cross-examines a rape victim (played by Elizabeth Montgomery ) and wins an acquittal for the man who ...