In the novel Jean Finch is a mid-twenties woman who is attending art school in New York. She leaves New York to come back home to see her family in Maycomb Alabama. “Jean is an outspoken woman, and she believes in the principles her father had taught her as a child” (Lee, 2015). She struggles with her father in the story and realizes he is not the person she thought he was when she was a child.
Atticus Finch is Jean’s father in the story. He is an outstanding citizen in the community and is a lawyer. Atticus had been the first lawyer of Maycomb to get charges against a black man removed from court. The black man was charged with rape of a white lady, and the charges were thrown out because the black man only had one arm. Mr. Finch had made a reputation for himself. “He belongs to the City Council of Maycomb and works with the State Legislature in Alabama” (Lee, 2015). He is an older man in his early 70’s and has been a single father for many years. His son Jem has passed away, and his daughter Jean comes home from college in New York.
Maycomb Alabama has changed since Jean has been back home. The geographical land had shifted due to an issue with the surveyors. The town has given Jean an illusion of the changes that had occurred during her absence. Maycomb has strong ties to the Finch family and has been home to them for years.
Henry Clinton was Jean’s old neighbor, and friend. He has always had strong feelings for Jean. Hank has asked Jean to marry him numerous times. Atticus had taken care of Hank due to his poverty lifestyle environment, and single family home. Atticus looked out for Hank after Jem had died. Hank began working as an apprentice under Atticus’s supervision in his law profession.
Atticus’s sister Alexandra comes to town to help watch over her brother. She is a prominent lady who is of Southern Bell charm. Alexandra and her niece Jean are totally different women. They do not act alike, and Alexandra does not approve of how Jeans’ manners are not ladylike.
Work Cited
Lee, Harper. Go Set a Watchman. Heinemann: Harper Collins, 2015.
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