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This is a quick book summary of Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee. This channel discusses and reviews books, novels, and short stories through drawing...poorly.
Transcript: This is a story about a woman named Jean Louise Finch who returns home to Maycomb, Alabama from New York. She visits Maycomb often, but this time is concerned for her father, Atticus, who is suffering from arthritis.
She meets up with Henry Clinton, a childhood friend who is desperately in love witH her. Henry works with Atticus as his aide, hoping to take over the law practice when Atticus retires. Jean Louise and Henry spend time together, remembering their childhood and how things used to be before all the changes to the town.
Jean Louise discovers a pamphlet in their house that is pro-segregation and learns that Atticus and Henry regularly attend a Citizens’ Council, a group of men who meet and discuss segregation. This makes Jean Louise disappointed in Atticus and Henry.
As Jean Louise contemplates how her father and Henry can participate in the Citizens’ Council, she visits the site of her old house, which has been turned into an ice cream shop. She reflects on her childhood and the time when she thought she was pregnant and tried to kill herself.
Atticus accepts a case to defend a young black man named Frank, the grandson of Calpurnia, the Finch’s Black caretaker. Jean Louise visits Calpurnia to comfort her, but Calpurnia acts cold and distant.
Jean Louise continues to struggle with seeing Atticus and Henry as participants in the Citizens’ Council. She confronts Henry, who explains that he is using the Council as a way to live in Maycomb and continue to do good as a lawyer. Jean Louise doesn’t understand and says that she will never marry Henry.
Jean Louise then encounters Atticus and as he tries to defend his participation in the Council, she yells at him and lets him have it. She doesn’t understand why he had acted so perfect when she was growing up only to disappoint her as an adult. She leaves and vows to never return.
As Jean Louise is packing her things, Uncle Jack, Atticus’ brother, appears and hits her so that he can explain what is going on. Uncle Jack says that over the years, Jean Louise had relied too much on Atticus as a conscious. In essence, she viewed Atticus as God. The issue of racial equality exposed their differences and ultimately separated Jean Louise from Atticus where she could become her own person.
After Uncle Jack explains all of this, Jean Louise feels sorry for what she said and did.
In the end, Uncle Jack encourages Jean Louise to live in Maycomb and Jean Louise reconciles her relationship with Atticus.
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This is a quick book summary of Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee. This channel discusses and reviews books, novels, and short stories through drawing...poorly.
Transcript: This is a story about a woman named Jean Louise Finch who returns home to Maycomb, Alabama from New York. She visits Maycomb often, but this time is concerned for her father, Atticus, who is suffering from arthritis.
She meets up with Henry Clinton, a childhood friend who is desperately in love witH her. Henry works with Atticus as his aide, hoping to take over the law practice when Atticus retires. Jean Louise and Henry spend time together, remembering their childhood and how things used to be before all the changes to the town.
Jean Louise discovers a pamphlet in their house that is pro-segregation and learns that Atticus and Henry regularly attend a Citizens’ Council, a group of men who meet and discuss segregation. This makes Jean Louise disappointed in Atticus and Henry.
As Jean Louise contemplates how her father and Henry can participate in the Citizens’ Council, she visits the site of her old house, which has been turned into an ice cream shop. She reflects on her childhood and the time when she thought she was pregnant and tried to kill herself.
Atticus accepts a case to defend a young black man named Frank, the grandson of Calpurnia, the Finch’s Black caretaker. Jean Louise visits Calpurnia to comfort her, but Calpurnia acts cold and distant.
Jean Louise continues to struggle with seeing Atticus and Henry as participants in the Citizens’ Council. She confronts Henry, who explains that he is using the Council as a way to live in Maycomb and continue to do good as a lawyer. Jean Louise doesn’t understand and says that she will never marry Henry.
Jean Louise then encounters Atticus and as he tries to defend his participation in the Council, she yells at him and lets him have it. She doesn’t understand why he had acted so perfect when she was growing up only to disappoint her as an adult. She leaves and vows to never return.
As Jean Louise is packing her things, Uncle Jack, Atticus’ brother, appears and hits her so that he can explain what is going on. Uncle Jack says that over the years, Jean Louise had relied too much on Atticus as a conscious. In essence, she viewed Atticus as God. The issue of racial equality exposed their differences and ultimately separated Jean Louise from Atticus where she could become her own person.
After Uncle Jack explains all of this, Jean Louise feels sorry for what she said and did.
In the end, Uncle Jack encourages Jean Louise to live in Maycomb and Jean Louise reconciles her relationship with Atticus.
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Paper by Fifty Three was used to make this video.
Deliberate Thought by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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