Because the community of Maycomb works together to solve issues and builds a supporting environment, the community should be viewed as a lost time and place worth celebrating rather than a prejudiced neighborhood. This manifests itself many times throughout Scout and Jem’s daily life, especially when Miss Maudie Atkinson’s house burns down. Most of the town had comes to see what is happening and help, and when Atticus realizes even Arthur had left his home to understand the commotion, he says, “‘Looks like all of Maycomb was out tonight, in one way or another.’”(81) Atticus means that most everyone had left their homes and precious sleep to come to Miss Maudie’s house. Many of the men actually went inside the burning home to retrieve furniture
