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How Does Miss Maudie Use Repetition In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Part (A) How does Lee use details in the passage to present miss Maudies view of Maycomb?

Miss Maudie, Atkinson like people such as Atticus, is not afraid to say what she feels needs to be said, has a clear opinion of the town, and each of the people in it. This opinion is shown in the passage through many different language techniques. For example, in the phrase, "making a step, it's just a baby step, but it's a step," Lee uses repetition to tell us how Miss Maudie sees the town. This reiteration adds emphasis to the sentence, suggesting to the reader that she believes Maycomb is in need of many steps yet are only taking one - as the word is singular -but is okay with this, keeping the hope that Maycomb will make much more in the future. …show more content…

Furthermore, Lee uses short lines of speech to tell us that Miss Maudie agrees with part of a fairly large group of people in the town, that support equality, which can be seen in the phrase, "You'd be surprised how many of us do." In this short sentence, she is replying to Jem, who is questioning to her who supported Atticus and Tom Robinson during the trial.
The pronoun "us" is used, which tells us that Miss Maudie considers herself as part of the group of people, which could mean she thinks the towns way of think, as a whole, is wrong, but there is a select few that are right, yet not saying what they truly mean.
Additionally, the adjective "surprised" has pleasant connotations, presenting the idea that both Jem and Miss Maudie would be happy with the number of people that do, in fact, agree that everyone is equal, meaning that Miss Maudie, once again, looks past the bad that's going on and focuses on the good that goes on: the fuel for her …show more content…

However, it could also be refering to how some of the people in Maycomb are against black rights, yet some are very accepting of the black community, seeing them as equals with themselves. Additionally, the clock is said to be unreliable, meaning it cannot keep time, which could relate to how Maycomb wasn't moving forward, and very much living in the

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