Jean Louise "Scout" Finch Timeline and Summary

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Jean Louise "Scout" Finch Timeline and Summary

  • Jean Louise returns home from New York City.
  • She argues with her aunt, and then goes out to dinner with Henry.
  • After dinner, Henry and Jean Louise go swimming at Finch's Landing.
  • Rumor spreads that they were nekkid.
  • Jean Louise doesn't care about rumors in Maycomb society.
  • But she does care that her father has a racist pamphlet and attends a racist town hall meeting.
  • When Atticus agrees to defend Calpurnia's grandson, Jean Louise visits the Finch family's old cook.
  • She is upset when Calpurnia treats her the same way she treats other white people.
  • Jean Louise confronts Atticus about his racist beliefs, and they argue.
  • She tells him she can never listen to him again. She is too betrayed.
  • Her uncle Jack arrives, hits her, and convinces her to make up with her father.
  • She does, and they seem to live happily ever after.