To Kill a Mockingbird | Chapter 8 Summary and Analysis
New Character
Eula May: Maycomb’s leading telephone operator.
Summary
Snow comes to Maycomb the day after Mrs. Radley’s death. Eula May lets the Finch children know that school has been canceled. The children build a snow character by borrowing snow from Miss Maudie. They combine this snow with mud to make the figure, which at first resembles Mr. Avery and then is changed when Atticus protests.
That night Atticus wakes the children in the middle of the night and takes them outside. A fire is destroying Miss Maudie’s house, and the sparks are threatening the Finch...
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