![]() ![]() Jack explains that Atticus has never shied away from resisting anyone he objected to: not the Ku Klux Klan, not the citizens’ council, not even the Supreme Court. Atticus needed to let her attack and destroy him so that she could finally learn to understand the world independently of him. Jack tells her that she is becoming her own person, learning for the first time to separate her own conscience from her father’s. She remembers, she says, but the pain is now bearable. Jack brings her inside, gives her a glass of whiskey, and asks her if she still remembers why she is angry. ![]() All her energy to fight suddenly leaves her. She yells at him, and he hits her across the face, making her bleed and nearly pass out. Jean Louise responds with a string of insults that makes her aunt cry.Īs Jean Louise is loading her suitcase into the car, Jack arrives by taxi. Alexandra finds her, correctly guesses that she’s had a fight with Atticus, and tries to persuade her not to leave. Jean Louise drives home and begins packing in a fury. ![]()
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