Wiki Content. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Edit source History Talk 0. Henry Lafayette Dubose's house two doors to the north of us, and the Radley Place three doors to the south. Old-age liver spots dotted her cheeks, and her pale eyes had black pinpoint pupils.
Her hands were knobby, and the cuticles were grown up over her fingernails. Her bottom plate was not in, and her upper lip protruded; from time to time she would draw her nether lip to her upper plate and carry her chin with it. This made the wet move faster. You should be in a dress and camisole, young lady! Dubose was the meanest old woman who ever lived.
If she was on the porch when we passed, we would be raked by her wrathful gaze, subjected to ruthless interrogation regarding our behavior, and given a melancholy prediction on what we would amount to when we grew up, which was always nothing.
Dubose,' I would receive for an answer, 'Don't you say hey to me, you ugly girl! You say 'good afternoon, Mrs. Dubose lived alone except for a Negro girl in constant attendance, two doors up the street from us in a house with steep front steps and a dog-trot hall. She was very old; she spent most of each day in bed and the rest of it in a wheelchair. It was rumored that she kept a CSA pistol concealed among her numerous shawls and wraps.
Dubose was plain hell. A lovelier lady than our mother never lived, she said, and it was heartbreaking the way Atticus Finch let her children run wild. Dubose with a face devoid of resentment. Henry Lafayette Dubose's house two doors to the north of us Henry Lafayette Dubose.
Dubose is close on to a hundred and Miss Rachel's old and so are you and Atticus. You just hold your head high and be a gentleman. Whatever she says to you, it's your job not to let her make you mad. Dubose owned, until the ground was littered with green buds and leaves.
Dubose's was the same as the first, and so was the next, until gradually a pattern emerged: everything would begin normally The alarm clock would ring, Jessie would shoo us out, and the rest of the day was ours. Exactly fourteen minutes past five. The alarm clock's set for five-thirty. I want you to know that. She said she meant to break herself of it before she died, and that's what she did. She was the bravest person I ever knew. Cancel Save. Universal Conquest Wiki.
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. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her. According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew. Even though no one would have blamed Mrs. Dubose if she had wanted to leave this world in narcotic bliss , she decided to try to do what she felt was right, no matter how impossible it seemed or how painful it was.
Parents Home Homeschool College Resources. Study Guide. By Harper Lee. Previous Next. Closer up, her appearance alone is enough to gross Scout out: Cords of saliva would collect on her lips; she would draw them in, then open her mouth again. Jem moves into adolescence during the story, and his ideals are shaken badly by the evil and injustice that he perceives during the trial of Tom Robinson.
Read an in-depth analysis of Jem Finch. A recluse who never sets foot outside his house, Boo dominates the imaginations of Jem, Scout, and Dill. He is a powerful symbol of goodness swathed in an initial shroud of creepiness, leaving little presents for Scout and Jem and emerging at an opportune moment to save the children.
An intelligent child emotionally damaged by his cruel father, Boo provides an example of the threat that evil poses to innocence and goodness. Read an in-depth analysis of Boo Radley.
Read an in-depth analysis of Calpurnia. In his knowingly wrongful accusation that Tom Robinson raped his daughter, Ewell represents the dark side of the South: ignorance, poverty, squalor, and hate-filled racial prejudice. Dill is a diminutive, confident boy with an active imagination. He becomes fascinated with Boo Radley and represents the perspective of childhood innocence throughout the novel.
Alexandra is the perfect Southern lady, and her commitment to propriety and tradition often leads her to clash with Scout. Though one can pity Mayella because of her overbearing father, one cannot pardon her for her shameful indictment of Tom Robinson.
The black field hand accused of rape. An elderly, ill-tempered, racist woman who lives near the Finches. Although Jem believes that Mrs. Dubose is a thoroughly bad woman, Atticus admires her for the courage with which she battles her morphine addiction. Scout thinks that Nathan is similar to the deceased Mr. Heck is a decent man who tries to protect the innocent from danger. Underwood respects Atticus and proves to be his ally.
A wealthy white man who lives with his black mistress and multiracial children.
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