Chapters 8-9: Explore Scout's relationship with Uncle Jack and what Scout teaches Uncle Jack. (Alexsa)

Scout and Uncle Jack's relationship is very tight and he realizes something that he never was taught, that children have a side of a story; that they know what happened to them. Every Christmas the Finch family gathers together as, one except the cousins. As Uncle jack is introduced, right from the start he has Scout's back. He's always making her laugh during good and bad times. He may be the youngest Finch, but he sure acts like another older brother to Scout. For example, "I'll be here a week, and I don't want to hear any words like that while I'm here. Scout, you'll get in trouble if you go around saying things like that. You want to grow up to be a lady, don't you?" (Lee 90). Every kid goes through a cursing phase, but when they have a real, funny, grown up to watch over them they won't worry about that. At some points in the chapter, Scout starts saying she never wants to talk or see Uncle Jack again, but a conversation later, leads her to hugging and her teaching him a lesson. He soon learns that children have their own side of a story and/or life. They know what happened to them, not someone else, but adults need to be able to hear them out. As Christmas starts to die down for the Finch family this year, Atticus and Uncle Jack talk about racism and discrimination against black people in their community, but Scout hears all of it. The words, the way people act, but she knows it's not right. As you can see, Scout and Uncle Jack have a very strong relationship and bond, but sometimes the smaller person has to be the bigger one.