How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"Cal, Cal, Cal, what are you doing to me? What's the matter? I'm your baby, have you forgotten me? Why are you shutting me out? What are you doing to me?" (12.189)
Okay, let's get this straight. Jean Louise, a young white woman, is putting herself first, before Calpurnia's biological son, a young black man, by asking her what she's doing to her?We understand that Jean Louise is upset at "losing" her mother figure, but is this the time to be having her existential crisis? When Calpurnia's son is facing severe legal consequences? What do you think?
Quote #8
What has happened in my family is not what you think. […] I learned nothing from you except how to be suspicious. I didn't know what hate was until I lived among you and saw you hating every day. (13.108)
Duty runs both ways. Jean Louise sees a parent's duty as being able to raise their children right. And she now believes that Atticus failed to do so.
Quote #9
Well, that's the way of all Finches. Difference between Uncle Jack and the rest of 'em, though, is he knows he's crazy. (15.1)
Jean Louise is able to write off the "craziness" of her family out of this deep-seated duty to them. Also, Jean Louise doesn't yet know she's crazy. She fits right in with the rest of them.