Jean Louise Finch Character Analysis

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Jean Louise Finch returns home from New York city to Maycomb, Alabama, her hometown. Her stay is complicated by her attraction to Hank and whether or not she should marry him . It is complicated even further when she discovers Hank and Atticus are part of a racist Maycomb council that wants to preserve segregation. She gets so angry about this she lashes out at her family members and Hank. Dr. Finch is able to reason with her, and she finally realizes that her father is not going to be perfect, and she can have her own

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