To Kill a Mockingbird | Chapter 9 Summary and Analysis
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Tom Robinson: the accused rapist whom Atticus must defend.
Ike Finch: Maycomb County’s sole surviving Confederate veteran.
Aunt Alexandra and Uncle Jimmy Hancock: Atticus’ sister and her husband.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hancock and Francis Hancock: Aunt Alexandra’s son, his wife, and their son.
Summary
Cecil Jacobs and others complicate Scout’s school life further when they say “Scout Finch’s daddy defended niggers.” When Scout asks Atticus about this, he says that he does. Atticus explains that he could not hold his head up again if he...
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