From the very beginning of the book we are introduced to Miss Maudie the watchful, caring, concerned neighbor. Miss Maudie is and women younger or about the same age as Atticus, who feels that time spent inside is time that is wasted. This is one of the major ways that Jem, Scout, along with the rest of the town see her. Miss Maudie is also one of the few adults that Jem and Scout respect. She also has and appreciated and very obvious influence in their lives. The children respect Miss Maudie because she talks to them like they are adults and she talks to them with respect. She does not find it necessary to boss them around, if there is something that she feels needs to be done she will ask them and reward them for their promptness. After tom Ro

binson dies and Atticus asks Cal to go with him to tell Helen, Alexander feels that the town is expecting way too much of Atticus but Miss Maudie knows and reassures her that it is only because he is one of the few men that they expect to actually do the right thing. To the Finch family Miss Maudie is the caring loving person who will always be there to help out.

Although there are many characters in the book that do have some of the same traits in common it is their differences that make them unique. Aunt Alexandra and Miss Maudie is one of these sets of characters. Maybe throwing both of these things into the book is what makes it into a great book.

Alexandra comes into the book about mid way and from the very beginning we see that the most important thing to her is letting the kids and everyone else in the town know that they are "the Finches" and that stands for something. Even though Jem and Scout have respect for aunt Alexandra it is not the same kind they have for Miss Maudie they only respect Alexandra because Atticus make them. She talks to the kids like they are "slow" children and shows them no signs of respect or understanding. She never takes time to explain things to them like Miss Maudie and Atticus do, she is the typica

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