As they leave, she tells Atticus that she thinks she loves him. “Let’s go home, Scout,” he says. She watches him struggle into the car, thinking of him for the first time as a human being instead of a deity. She gets into the driver’s seat, being careful not to […]
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Jack tells her that she is becoming her own person, learning for the first time to separate her own conscience from her father’s. Atticus needed to let her attack and destroy him so that she could finally learn to understand the world independently of him. Jack explains that Atticus has […]
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For Jean Louise, the realization that her father has adopted some of the racist attitudes of his community is intolerable. She lashes out at him, comparing him to Hitler because he treats blacks as subhuman. She tells him she despises him, and he responds that he loves her. Analysis Atticus’ […]
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Outside the drugstore, Hank asks what Jean Louise expects him to do, and she says she expects him to stand up for his beliefs by staying out of the citizens’ council no matter what it costs him. She calls him a hypocrite, declaring that she can’t live with a hypocrite. […]
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The next morning, Mr. Tuffett, the high school principal, was infuriated to find Jean Louise’s falsies hanging on top of a large billboard outside the school. He demanded a signed letter from the guilty party admitting responsibility for the act. Instead of confessing, Hank convinced more than a hundred girls […]
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Jack tells her to leave, think over the issue for herself, and come back to him when she feels like her heart is being ripped in two and she can’t stand it any longer. She promises to return. After she leaves, Jack makes a phone call. Analysis Although Jean Louise’s […]
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When a woman named Hester starts prophesying an uprising of blacks, Jean Louise contradicts her. Hester believes in a conspiracy by blacks and Communists to intermarry blacks and whites until no more racial distinctions exist. The women ask Jean Louise how it is living in New York, where there are […]
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Jean Louise visits Calpurnia to offer whatever help she can provide. Calpurnia and her family are polite but distant; Calpurnia treats Jean Louise like company instead of family. Jean Louise realizes that Calpurnia is shutting her out emotionally, unable to look at Jean Louise without seeing her only as a […]
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When Jem came home later that afternoon, Jean Louise wasn’t sure if he had heard about her attempted suicide from Hank or Calpurnia. Jem told her that if anything ever happened that she didn’t want to tell Atticus about, she could tell him instead. Analysis Jean Louise’s memory of her […]
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Alexandra realizes that Jean Louise went to the citizen’s council meeting. Jean Louise reassures her aunt that no one saw her there. She declares that she is going to bed and tells Alexandra to tell Hank she is “indisposed” when he comes for their date that evening. As Jean Louise […]
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