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Mayella Ewell
Atticus’s brother who is 10 years younger and a doctor. He’s unmarried but has a female cat, and he spends a week every Christmas with Atticus, Scout, and Jem. Scout adores him as he doesn’t seem much like a doctor to her—rather than acting cold and clinical, he makes her laugh or explains in detail what he’s doing while performing minor procedures. He punishes Scout at Christmas for beating up Francis but feels horrendous about it when Scout accuses him of being horrible with children and not asking for her side of the story. He later tells Atticus shamefully that Scout’s rebuke makes him never want to have children.
Uncle Jack Quotes in To Kill a Mockingbird
The To Kill a Mockingbird quotes below are all either spoken by Uncle Jack or refer to Uncle Jack. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 16
Quotes
“Well how do you know we ain't Negroes?”
“Uncle Jack Finch says we really don't know. He says as far as he can trace back the Finches we ain't, but for all he knows we mighta come straight out of Ethiopia durin' the Old Testament.”
“Well if we came out durin' the Old Testament it's too long ago to matter.”
“That's what I thought," said Jem, “but around here once you have a drop of Negro blood, that makes you all black.”
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Uncle Jack Quotes in To Kill a Mockingbird
The To Kill a Mockingbird quotes below are all either spoken by Uncle Jack or refer to Uncle Jack. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 16
Quotes
“Well how do you know we ain't Negroes?”
“Uncle Jack Finch says we really don't know. He says as far as he can trace back the Finches we ain't, but for all he knows we mighta come straight out of Ethiopia durin' the Old Testament.”
“Well if we came out durin' the Old Testament it's too long ago to matter.”
“That's what I thought," said Jem, “but around here once you have a drop of Negro blood, that makes you all black.”
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