Question

Chapter 24 Questions To Kill a Mockingbird

Alexandra asks Miss Maudie, “what else do they want from him, Maudie, what else?” she is speaking about Atticus. Based on the two women’s conversation, what do you think she means by this?

What is Miss Maudie’s reply to Alexandra’s question?

Answer 1

If you examine the rest of the quote, it becomes clearer,

“I mean this town. They’re perfectly willing to let him do what they’re too afraid to do themselves-it might lose ‘em a nickel. They’re perfectly willing to let him wreck his health doing what they’re afraid to do, they’re-”

Aunt Alexandra is referring to the town asking Atticus to defend Tom Robinson and then torturing him.

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