. Jean Louise “Scout” Finch is the novel’s main protagonist. She is a 26 year old intelligent, yet stubborn, woman. Jean Louise is the all grown up Scout from To Kill A Mockingbird. She was raised by her widowed father and grew up as a rough tomboy. After attending a woman’s college, she now works in New York City, as an artist. She returns home to Maycomb, Alabama to visit with her father, who she idolizes. She is not afraid to speak her mind and cannot be defined as a proper Southern lady. Jean Louise becomes disillusioned by the changes that have occurred in the town along with what she discovers about her father, Atticus Finch and boyfriend, Hank Clinton.
2. Atticus Finch is a well known lawyer, and member of both the city council
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Dr.John Hale Finch is Uncle Jack to Jean Louise. He is Atticus’s brother who is a retired bone doctor. Uncle Jack is the person who Jean Louise goes to for help when she discovers that her father and Hank were at a racist meeting. What she failed to realize was that Jack is also racist and tells her to “leave the slaves out of it” and accept her father for who he is. When she fails to accept this Uncle Jack backhands her severely enough to cause her to almost lose consciousness and spit blood making her realize and accept the whole thing.
Main Conflict or Challenge in the novel for the protagonist (main character):
Jean Louise has returned home and discovered that her father, whom she idolizes, may be a racist. She sees her father and Hank at a councilman meeting where there are white supremacists and crooked politicians. This sighting causes her to become ill because she had been taught by her father that all people of all races were to be treated equal. She does not understand why her father who has the ability to find good in everyone has betrayed this principle.
Climax of the novel (the main turning point):
The climax of the novel is when Jean Louise confronts her father and her feelings explode from having been kept to herself. Her father refuses to argue about the subject and Jean Louise turns her back on him and walks