-When Scout tasted snow, she felt hot because it's too cold. It's because she had never seen snow before. (Snow is very rare in Maycomb.)

Allusions/Foreshadowing

-Later in this chapter, the house of Ms. Maudie burns. Maybe foreshadowing this portentous future tragedy

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Summers in Alabama are among the hottest in the U.S., with high temperatures averaging over 90 °F (32 °C) throughout the summer in some parts of the state. Alabama is also prone to tropical storms and hurricanes. Areas of the state far away from the Gulf are not immune to the effects of the storms, which often dump tremendous amounts of rain as they move inland and weaken.

South Alabama reports many thunderstorms. The Gulf Coast, around Mobile Bay, averages between 70 and 80 days per year with thunder reported. This activity decreases somewhat further north in the state, but even the far north of the state reports thunder on about 60 days per year. Occasionally, thunderstorms are severe with frequent lightning and large hail; the central and northern parts of the state are most vulnerable to this type of storm. Alabama ranks ninth in the number of deaths from lightning and tenth in the number of deaths from lightning strikes per capita.

Ms. Maudie's house catches fire in the night and Jem and Scout stand in front of the Radley front gate and watch the town men and women gather to save furniture from the burning house. Mr. Avery falls out of the house and the fire spreads to the second floor and roof.

adjacent

having a common boundary or edge

 cleave

separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

 unfathomable

impossible to come to understand

Tom Swift book

The main character of six series of American juvenile science fiction and adventure novels that emphasize science, invention, and technology.

Allusion

Mr. Avery said that it was written on the Rosetta Stone that when children disobeyed their parents, smoked cigarettes and made war on each other, the seasons would change.

Imagery

=> "fire spewing from Miss Maudie's dining room windows," "fire silently devoured Miss Maudie's house," and "smoke rolling off our house and Miss Rachel's house like fog off a riverbank,"

That night, Atticus wakes Scout and helps her put on her bathrobe and coat and goes outside with her and Jem. Miss Maudie’s house is on fire. The neighbors help her save her furniture, and the fire truck arrives in time to stop the fire from spreading to other houses, but Miss Maudie’s house burns to the ground. In the confusion, someone drapes a blanket over Scout. When Atticus later asks her about it, she has no idea who put it over her. Jem realizes that Boo Radley put it on her, and he reveals the whole story of the knothole, the presents, and the mended pants to Atticus. Atticus tells them to keep it to themselves, and Scout, realizing that Boo was just behind her, nearly throws up.