At the beginning of the chapter, Cecil Jacobs is teasing Scout about Atticus “defending niggers” and she is on the verge of getting into a fight with him. Once Atticus finds out about it, he tells Scout to refrain from fighting anyone from that point forward and she obeys his word. He also explains to her that it isn’t such a bad thing to defend them because it is apart of his self-respect. Soon after, it is Christmas time and the family is visited by Uncle Jack, Aunt Alexandra and her grandson Francis. While at Finch’s landing, Francis tries to stir up trouble with Scout and brings up what Aunt Alexandra had said about the way Scout dresses and that Atticus basically wasn’t raising her the proper way. She had also said that Atticus was
