Go Set A Watchman Character Analysis
In Go Set A Watchman when Jean Louise and Henry Hank get into a dispute with each other, Hank is trying to get Jean Louise to see that the world isn’t perfect, and that in Maycomb County there are different types of people in the town, also that people in the world do judge based on your past and your families past. For example in Maycomb you are known and judged based off of your last name, in To Kill A Mockingbird it was said that, "There's four kinds of folks in the world. There's the ordinary kind, like us and the neighbors, there's the kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods, the kind like the Ewells down at the dump, and the Negroes.". ( Lee pg# Chp23)
Furthermore, Hank is trying to show Jean Louise the town’s mentality and why he acts the way he does. Hank says it is because he knows that if he does something out of norm people will forget all about his hard work and what he has made of himself and all the success he has had, and when he does something wrong …show more content…
Maycomb says, ‘That’s the Finch in her, that’s just Her Way.’ Maycomb grins and goes about its business: old Scout Finch never changes. Maycomb’s delighted and perfectly ready to believe you went swimming in the river buck naked. ‘Hasn’t changed a bit,’ it says. ‘Same old Jean Louise. Remember when she—?’” He put down the salt shaker. “But let Henry Clinton show any signs of deviatin’ from the norm and Maycomb says, not ‘That’s the Clinton in him,’ but ‘That’s the trash in him.’”. (Lee pg# Chp 15) .
Henry Hank is trying to show Jean Louise that even though she doesn’t see colour and doesn’t judge people doesn’t mean everybody else does.The examples above proves that even after two decades later the towns mentality is still the same as it was, which also proves that both books are very similar. It proves that the mentality of Maycomb County that Jean Louise
Furthermore, Hank is trying to show Jean Louise the town’s mentality and why he acts the way he does. Hank says it is because he knows that if he does something out of norm people will forget all about his hard work and what he has made of himself and all the success he has had, and when he does something wrong …show more content…
Maycomb says, ‘That’s the Finch in her, that’s just Her Way.’ Maycomb grins and goes about its business: old Scout Finch never changes. Maycomb’s delighted and perfectly ready to believe you went swimming in the river buck naked. ‘Hasn’t changed a bit,’ it says. ‘Same old Jean Louise. Remember when she—?’” He put down the salt shaker. “But let Henry Clinton show any signs of deviatin’ from the norm and Maycomb says, not ‘That’s the Clinton in him,’ but ‘That’s the trash in him.’”. (Lee pg# Chp 15) .
Henry Hank is trying to show Jean Louise that even though she doesn’t see colour and doesn’t judge people doesn’t mean everybody else does.The examples above proves that even after two decades later the towns mentality is still the same as it was, which also proves that both books are very similar. It proves that the mentality of Maycomb County that Jean Louise