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Character Analysis Of Stephanie Crawford In To Kill A Mockingbird, By Harper Lee

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Stephanie Crawford is Maycomb’s busybody, and gossip. She sticks her nose in everyone’s business, even Ms. Maudie thinks so, as shown in the quote "That [Radley House rumors] is three-fourth colored folks and one-fourth Stephanie Crawford." (Lee 45). Stephanie isn’t an especially nice-looking woman, which is shown when Scout says " 'He [the Snowman] looks like Stephanie Crawford with her hands on her hips, ' I said. 'Fat in the middle and little-bitty arms. '"( Lee 70). She is a nosy woman, who is probably lonely. This is most likely why she is such a busybody, because it helps her feel closer to
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