Jean Louise Finch Book Report

Go Set a Watchman details the return of Jean Louise Finch to her hometown of Maycomb, Alabama. The novel opens with the train ride to the smalltown and Jean Louiseś description of what it meant to go home. She conveys her thoughts on returning and shares what exactly coming home does to her: it morphs her into a different person. She arrives at her destination and is greeted by a familiar face, Henry Clinton, a boy whom she’s known all of her life. The two share in each other’s embrace and the reader is informed of the current situation of the Finch family. Jem is dead, and Atticus is almost a cripple. The little town has changed since her last visit, and this change is what drives the conflict of the entire story.
Jean Louise spends her visit home messing around with Henry and returning to her carefree self. She is also plagued by the company of her aunt, Alexandra, who found it necessary to move in with Atticus after their housekeeper, Calpurnia, left. Jean Louise still struggles to find her place in
She is angry at Henry, Atticus, her aunt, and everyone in Maycomb. Her anger begins to seethe even further as she is forced to attend a women’s meeting. During this meeting, Jean Louise openly confronts a young girl on the topic of blacks and is left dumbfounded by the words she is hearing. After he small quarrel with the women of Maycomb, she inquires into Henry’s thoughts by asking him what he was doing at that meeting and what he believes. Henry tries to explain to her that he has to live in Maycomb: it is the only place he belongs. However, he must conform to the town’s ways in order to enjoy its embrace and protection. Jean Louise carries her bellicose attitude to Atticus and seemingly bashes him for his actions. His words are those saying the blacks are not fully accustomed to white ways, and so they cannot be entirely equal. The attacks end in her packing her bags and preparing to