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"She loved everything that grew in God's earth, even the weeds. With one exception. If she found a blade of nut-grass in her yard it was like the Second Battle of Marne: she swooped down upon it with a tin rub and subjected it to blasts from beneath with a poisonous substance she said was so powerful it'd kill us all if we didn't stand out of the way.
'Why can't you just pull it up?' I asked, after witnessing a prolonged campaign against a blade not three inches high.
'Pull it up, child, pull it up?' She picked up the limp sprout and squeezed her thumb up its tiny stalk. Microscopic grains oozed out. 'Why, one sprig of nut-grass can ruin a whole yard. Look here. When it comes fall this dries up and the wind blows it all over Maycomb County!' Miss Maudie's face likened such an occurrence unto an Old Testament pestilence."
Questions
- From this extract, what can you infer about Miss Maudie's view on prejudice?
- How is nut-grass related to prejudice?
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