When Miss Maudie says “but sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of—oh, of your father.” What person is she criticizing, and what is the point of her criticism? Miss Maudie is criticizing Mr. Radley.

Maudie is trying to tell Jem that some people are naturally gifted with extraordinary abilities, and humble people understand that God graciously granted them their talents.

Miss Maudie means that it is the person using a substance that matters, not the substance itself. The Bible, usually seen as a positive moral force, can become a force for evil in the wrong hands.

Your father’s one of them.” (Miss Maudie) Page 288 Miss Maudie is saying that Atticus does the jobs, like defending Tom Robinson, that other people don’t want to do. He is selfless. “Jem, see if you can stand in Mr. Ewell’s shoes for a minute.

Miss Maudie didn’t seem to upset about her house burning down because she stated, “Grieving, child. Why, I hated that old cow barn. Thought of settin’ fire to it a hundred times myself, except they’d lock me up./span>

Scout often learned from the way Jem interacted with Atticus and other adults. In Chapter 4, Scout narrates, “Jem was a born hero” (21). She is referring to his courage in portraying Boo Radley and keeping their game secret from Atticus. This is the most direct statement of Scout’s admiration of her brother.

What evidence indicates that he is growing up and changing? Jem no longer wants to play the usual games with Scout. He corrects her behavior, and he spends time in his room or reading. “He was difficult to live with, inconsistent, moody.” He eats a lot more than he used to eat.

Atticus calls Mrs. Dubose courageous because she knew that withdrawing from morphine would mean suffering. This parallels to Atticus’ defense in the trial, which is described as being “licked before you begin.”/span>

Dubose is found in chapter 11 of To Kill a Mockingbird. The three ways that she demonstrates courage are: by facing the world alone and sick for a very long time; by deciding at her old age to conquer a drug addiction; and by achieving her goal to die free from said addiction. For many years, Mrs.

Mrs. Dubose died of suffering many years of cancer. Before her doctor told her she only had a few months to live she decided she wanted to die free of her addiction to morphine.

Dubose is the dragon. Mrs. Dubose fought a fight with out a gun and it was a hard one but she made it and accomplished what she thought she could only dream of doing. She eventually overcame her morphine-addiction, as she knew she would die eventually but still tried hard to quit her morphine-addiction before she died.

Dubose has died. Dubose’s goal was to overcome her morphine addiction before she died. She had told Atticus that she was determined “to leave this world beholden to nothing and nobody.” Jem’s reading to her each day distracted her from the agony of her withdrawal symptoms. Mrs.