Discussion questions 4-6

Miss Stephanie Crawford is a gossip and a "scold". She validates herself by putting down other people and spreading salacious gossip.

According to Miss Stephanie, Boo was sitting in the livingroom cutting some items from 'The Maycomb Tribune' to paste in his scrapbook. His father entered the room. As Mr. Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent’s leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, and resumed his activities."

Miss. Maudie is an empathetic realist who holds many of the same character traits as Atticus.

"I simply want to tell you that there are some men in this world who were born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them."