Miss
Maudie reacts surprisingly well. The expected emotion when your house burns down is likely
sadness, depression, anger, and/or resignation. While her house is burning down, the goal is to
save as much stuff as possible before it all burns, so there is not much time for reflective
thought.
The next morning thoughsees Ms. Maudie and is expecting her to be
sad. Instead Ms. Maudie is quite cheerful. She tells Scout that she did not like her house that
much anyway. She also says that she is looking forward to being able to build another house
with a larger garden.
It's possible that she is putting on a "false
face" in order to appear strong in front of the kids, but that's not likely. She admits
that her number one concern during the fire was that it didn't spread to other houses. All in
all Ms. Maudie is one positive lady.
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