I woke up the kids, trying not to show any alarm at what was happening. I could see it in scouts eyes that she wanted to know what was going on, but I evasively looked away. I knew that she had figured it out when there was that look of simple awe and freight on her face. We walked outside where they finally saw the blaze of the fire. It was climbing atop the first floor onto the second. I entrusted Scout to Jem and told them to wait by the Radley yard where they would be safe from the fire.
All of the men who weren’t helping the firefighters went to help get Miss Maudies things from her house. While most of them were wasting time with the beds and dressers I went straight for what I knew she would need most, her rocking chair, the object the she loves and uses the most. As I carried it out all were mostly done with her furniture, all but Mr. Avery. As I yelled back for him to hurry it up I ran out of the door and set down the rocker. As I looked back up to the house I saw that Mr. Avery was stuck trying to climb out of the window and when he got out I couldn’t help but sigh. I looked adjacent house to see two police men debating near Ms.Muadie. I walked over to her and was about to talk but the perplexity on her face hid all her emotions from me. Even though we didn’t talk I knew that I was helping her by just being there. As she sat in silence watching her only place to go burn down, I saw one tear slide down her cheek before she quickly brushed it away.
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I like how you wrote just like Atticus. I also like how its sounds like your very concerned for Scout and Jem. I think that you could add more detail in what the characters do.I like how you showed an important seen the rocking chair. It might not seem like something important, but it was something Atticus did to help out. Although I think you could have wrote more about what was going around, and where everyone was at the time, and movements.
This was really good in my opinion. It showed what you thought how Atticus would react, think, feel, etc. I like to see peoples' interpretation on characters, and you did just that. Besides a few spelling mistakes, I think this was an example of a good post, because you make it seem like you are Atticus yourself.
-Erica D
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