To Kill a Mockingbird

Chapter 8

Mr Dick Avery

• Says: “When children disobey their parents, smoked cigarettes and made war on each other the seasons would change”

• Got trapped in Miss Maudie’s house when he helped to remove furniture. He had to jump.

Old Mrs Radley

• Died that winter of natural causes

Scout & Jem

• Scout thought the world ended when she saw snow for the first time

• Jem thought Atticus was still touchy about answering questions about Boo Radley

• Took all the snow from Miss Maudie’s front yard.• Build a snowman that looked exactly like Mr Avery.• Jem placed Miss Maudie’s sun hat on the snowman to

disguise it.• Did not want to return the blanket for fear of what Nathan

Radley might do. Jem told everything about the tree to Atticus.

Atticus

• Visited the Radley house when Old Mrs Radley died but did not see Boo.

• Saw snow for the first time in his life.• Atticus said Jem would always be able to make

a plan.• Atticus ordered Jem to change the snowman

so that it did not look exactly like Mr Avery.

Eula May

• Maycomb’s leading telephone operator.• She was entrusted with issuing public

announcements, wedding invitations, setting off the fire siren and giving first aid instructions when Dr Reynolds was away.

• She announced there was no school on the day of the snow

Calpurnia

• Said the snow was sticking• Did not accept invitation to stay in big house

when it snowed, said her house would be warmer.

Miss Maudie

• Is very concerned about her plants dying of cold from the snow.

• She wrapped her plants in bags.• Miss Maudie’s house burnt down• Miss Maudie was not grieving about the

house, but planned to built a smaller one.

Arthur “Boo” Radley

• Hung a blanket around Scout’s shoulders during the cold.

Fire trucks

• Maycomb• Abbotsville• Clark’s Ferry

Expressions

• Rosetta Stone: Ancient Egyptian artifact filled with writing.

• Appomattox: the final battle of General Lee’s Confederate army.

• Thrift: plant with pink or white flowers