TKAMChapter+8

__**PLOT SUMMARY:**__ In chapter 8, numerous events occur. First of all, Maycomb County experiences the coldest weather since 1885 for two weeks, autumn turning into winter like miracle. Snow comes falling down, which are so rare school closes the following day. Jem and Scout decides on making a snowman, transferring as much snow as possible from Miss Maudie's yard to their own. Since there isn't enough snow to make a snowman, Jem builds its shape roughly with dirt and covers them with snow. After it is completely presentable, it looks so much like Mr.Avery, who lives down the street Atticus demands them to disguise it. To make sure it is at least a little different, Jem places Miss Maudie's sunhat on the head and jams her hedge-clippers into the crook of its arm.

At night, Scout is abruptly waken up by Atticus to put her robes and coat on to go outside with him and Jem. After they are outside, they figure that Miss Maudie's house is on fire. All of the neighbours try their best to move her furnitures out to save them, and the fire truck arrives in order to prevent the fire spreading to other houses. For a moment, Mr. Avery is stuck by the window after pushing a mattress out, but he crosses the upstairs porch and safely gets out. However, despite all the effort, Miss Maudie's house helplessly burn downs to ashes. During all that happenings, at one point, someone drapes a blanket over Scout's shoulders which nobody notices. Atticus later questions about it but Scout has no idea who put it over her. Jem senses that Boo Radley did it, as they were standing infront of the Radley Place while all the mess was taking place. So Jem lets out everything to Atticus, starting from the knothole, the presents, the pants and all. Atticus gently says to keep it to themselves, when Scout nearly throws up imagining Boo standing just behind her. Jem claims if Scout have just turned around, she could have seen him.

Oddly, Miss Maudie is joyful the next day she has lost her house, which surprises Jem and Scout. She announces how much she hated the old cow barn and was even thinking of setting it on fire herself, that she always wanted a smaller house and how she will have so much more room for her azaleas now. Miss Maudie was blissful to say that she will build a little house and plant a larger garden, and after all that, she will have the finest yard in Alabama. She also mentions how she would have liked to be with Scout when Boo was putting the blanket on her to turn around and catch him during his act.

**Jean Louise Finch (Scout):**
Scout is the narrator of the book. She is an intelligent girl who is literate, which the fact causes minor troubles at school with her teacher Miss Caroline. Scout's mom had passed away when she was two years old, there was no way she could remember her. She lives with her father Atticus, brother Jem and a black cook Calpurnia in Maycomb County. She screams when the snow comes falling, thinking that the world is going to end, however Atticus tells her that it was just snowing. Scout tastes the snow and Jem warns her not to waste the snow in any way, because they were going to build a snowman. She helps Jem to haul the snow from Miss Maudie's, their neighbour's yard to theirs to build the snowman, although Jem had done most of the work. She is woken up one night to go out of her house with Atticus and Jem, as there was a fire in Miss Maudie's house. Scout stays in front of the Radley place with Jem as Atticus have instructed, to keep away from danger. She does not notice until Atticus questions her about the blanket on her shoulder, most likely put on her shoulder during the incident of the fire because she concentrated too much on looking at the fire. Jem claims that Scout could have seen Boo if she had just turned around. Scout nearly throws up realizing that Boo was just behind him.

**Jeremy Atticus Finch (Jem):**
Jem is Scout's brother, 4 years her senior. He takes good care of Scout, accompanying and protecting her in a very brotherly way especially in chapter 8. He is awed by the snow that falls, because he know what it was but never actually seen it. He loves adventures and fantasizing, but also daring sometimes, somewhat defined as a typical american boy. Jem suggests of making a snowman with the snow, warning Scout not to waste them in any way. When he recognize that there isn't enough snow, he builds a snowman with dirt and covers it with snow. The snowman is completed looking like a figure of Mr.Avery that he puts on Miss Maudie's hat on the head and her hedge-clippers on the arms. He also brings out Scout with Atticus, their father outside of the house when there's a fire in Miss Maudie's house, obeying Atticus on staying still in front of the Radley's place. Jem tries to make Scout warm and not scared, covering her eyes occasionally and assuring her she should not worry. Jem confess to Atticus later about the knothole, the presents and pants, all of the truth when Atticus discovers a blanket on Scout's shoulder they have no idea who have put over her and Jem senses that it is Boo Radley who did it. He says that if Scout just turned around, she could have seen Boo Radley.

Atticus Finch:
Atticus is Jem and Scout's father, who had lost his wife when Scout was only two years old. He is a lawyer in Maycomb, a wise person who teaches Jem and Scout about what is right and wrong and treats them with corteous detachment. Atticus is also the one who taught Scout in how to read. When Scout is surprised by the snow, screaming the world's going to end, he tells her that it is snowing. He demands on disguising the snowman created by Jem when it appears similar to Mr.Avery, who lives down the street. So Jem changes its appearance a little bit by putting a sunhat on the head and hedge-clippers on the arm which Atticus approves. He takes Jem and Scout out of the house when there is a fire in Miss Maudie's house, insisting Jem to take good care of Scout and to stay still in front of the Radley's house. After the incident, he notices and inquires on the blanket that was on Scout's shoulder, which Jem and Scout was clueless of. That leads Jem to pouring out the secrets that he was keeping about the knothole, the presents and the pants, thinking that the blanket was put on by Boo Radley. He gently says to keep what had happened until now to themselves.

**Miss Maudie Atkinson:**
Miss Maudie is one of Finch's neighbours, who is also an old fried of the family. She is a widow who cherrishes and give attention in growing her azealas and her garden. Her house gets on fire all of a sudden one night, which makes all her neighbours alerted. Everyone takes part in moving her furnitures out of the house and tries to stop the fire from spreading to other houses. Unfortunately, her house completely burns down to the ground. However, oddly, Jem and Scout finds her in her backyard, totally cheerful thinking of her new little house and way bigger garden, which can possibly be the finest one in Alabama. She says she always hated her old house and wasn't upset of what had happened. Miss Maudie also mentions that she would have liked to be with Scout when Boo was putting the blankets on her to catch him.

Mr.Avery:
Mr.Avery is an unpleasant man who lives down the street of the Finch's. He strongly believes in the Rosetta stone, mentioning to Scout and Jem that bad children like them brought the sudden cold to Maycomb County. He takes part in helping to save Miss Maudie's property when her house was on fire, being stuck by the window at one point, however, escaping safely on his own.

Calpurnia:
Calpurnia is a black cook who works in Finch's house, she is a stern woman that takes care of Jem and Scout to fulfill their mother's place. She wakes Jem and Scout up after the fire incident occurs, suggesting them to try and clean up the front yard as Atticus told them they didn't need to go to school without any sleep because they would learn nothing.

Boo Radley (Arthur):
Boo Radley is a rather terrifying character to most of the people in Maycomb County by all the rumors that are spread between people. No one has ever saw him or socialized with him ever since he was locked up for 15 years. He brings surprise as he is assumed of draping a blanket over Scout's shoulder who was in front of the Radley's house with Jem during the fire in Miss Maudie's house.

__**Vocabulary**__ Unfathomable - impossible to come to understand Prophet - an authoritative person who divines the future Aberration - a disorder in one's mental state Touchous - overly sensitive Accosted - the act of physically confronting a person Meteorological (Meteorology) - predicting what the weather will be Libel - a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person Morphodite - a comic pronunciation of the word hermaphrodite (an animal or plant with both male and female reproductive organs) Quelled - subdued or overcome Squaw - an American Indian Woman Omitting - exclude Taffeta - a crisp, smooth and lustrous fabric

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