the silence, I heard them crack. Atticus rubbed his eyes
and chin; we saw him blink hard. (chapter 10)
Atticus
calmly folding his newspaper and pushing back his hat became Atticus standing in the
middle of an empty waiting street, pushing up his glasses. The full meaning of the
night’s events hit me and I began crying. (chapter
15)
ABOUT MISS MAUDIE
She gave
Miss Maudie a look of pure gratitude, and I wondered at the world of women. Miss Maudie
and Aunt Alexandra had never been especially close, and here was Aunty silently thanking
her for something. For what, I knew not. (chapter 24)
Miss
Maudie is brave when her house is on fire, but also when she is standing up for Aunt
Alexandra. Miss Maudie is not afraid to speak her
mind.
ABOUT MRS.
DUBOSE
Atticus describes Mrs. Dubose’s mental and physical
courage.
From Atticus:
“I
wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a
man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you
begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you
do.” (chapter 11)
And
another:
“According to her views, she died beholden to
nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew.” (chapter
11)
Atticus about
Mayella:
“She knew full well the enormity of her offense,
but because her desires were stronger than the code she was breaking, she persisted in
breaking it. She persisted, and her subsequent reaction is something that all of us have
known at one time or another. (chapter 20)
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