Describe Miss Maudie Atkinson? How typical is she of Maycomb's women? What do the children think of her?

Miss Maudie is one of a kind. She is compassionate, patient, and generous..... especially with the children. The children love her.

Miss Maudie is an interesting character in TKAM. She keeps Scout company when Jem and Dill exclude her, and dispels the rumours the children had built their ideas about Boo Radley upon and tells Scout the truth about Arthur(Boo) Radley.

Miss Maudie was also very kind to the children; she always let the children play in her yard, as long as they didn't wreck her garden. Once Scout grew close to Miss Maudie, she would make cakes for the three children whenever she was baking.

She hates her house and loves gardening; when her house burns down, rather than grieve she starts planning her new home. Miss Maudie also stands as a role model to Scout, like a mother figure and she defends Atticus when Scout and Jem are ashamed of him.

Later in the book, Scout is pressured to be more like a lady, and we see that Miss Maudie, like Scout, doesn't conform to society's view of a proper southern woman, but instead finds a balance where she can be a lady and herself at the same time.