Friday, October 24, 2008
"His food doesn't stick going down, does it?"
At Aunt Alexandra's tea party, Miss Maudie says something that was obviously of some importance but made no sense to me. After Mrs. Merriweather gets done talking about how ungrateful her slave is, Miss Maudie replies to this saying, "His food doesn't stick going down, does it?" This line immediatly shut everyone up. BUT I DON'T GET IT!! Help me out guys.
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Yeah I totally don't get what that means. I did the first time, but I guess I forgot and now I don't haha.
maybe it means he knows to chew his food 21 one times before swallowing.
I think it's something about being frugal... I guess I should look it up.
no no no. sorry, but i may be able to help you understand this. i am doing a project for my 10th grade english class and might be able to explain this a little better.
Mrs.Merriweather was complaining about Atticus and how he was defending Tom in the trial and continues to talk bad about. Miss Maudie's reply is one of sarcasm. In saying that "His food doesn't stick going down, does it?" she was "dissing" her, so to say, by telling her that she can talk bad about a man and continue to eat his food in his house.
Hey, I'm a Ph.D. student in English at the University of Chicago reading TKaM for the first time. I read and re-read that a dozen times and it didn't make sense till I read your blog post comments. I was happy to be humbled that by a high school sophomore. Well done, and thanks!
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