The Miss Tutti and Frutti Barber episode is mainly used as comic relief and as a way for Harper Lee to explain why there is a Halloween pageant and not the normal trick-or-treating taking place in Maycomb. The two spinster sisters are known for being a little eccentric (hence the nicknames Tutti and Frutti) compared to other people in Maycomb. They are not born and bred “Maycomb-ites” (Maycombians?) but moved to Maycomb from northern Alabama. ...
The Miss Tutti and Frutti Barber episode is mainly used as comic relief and as a way for Harper Lee to explain why there is a Halloween pageant and not the normal trick-or-treating taking place in Maycomb. The two spinster sisters are known for being a little eccentric (hence the nicknames Tutti and Frutti) compared to other people in Maycomb. They are not born and bred “Maycomb-ites” (Maycombians?) but moved to Maycomb from northern Alabama. They are best known for building a cellar in their house and having to chase the neighborhood children out of it. The Halloween before the pageant, children snuck into their house and put all of their furniture in the basement. The Barber sisters blamed a traveling fur salesman, a “Syrian”, for doing it. Heck Tate brings in the bloodhounds to find the culprits and sees that all the neighborhood children are wearing their shoes to not give off a scent for the bloodhounds.
Tutti and Frutti are just examples of a couple of outsiders who are considered “different” by the population. They are there for our comic enjoyment and to give us another glimpse of life in Maycomb.
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