Chapter 9

Scout has developed a cursing problem. She and Atticus discuss the future trial of the black man vs an Ewell. Atticus made her promise no matter what she hears about him or about the trial, she is to not lost her temper. This lasted a total of a day, before Cecil Jacob called her father a "Nigger-lover". She refrained for actually fighting him, as she had promise Atticus, but was called a coward as she walked away.  Three weeks later in was Christmas vacation, and her Uncle jack, Atticus's brother, come to town. He brought gifts for Scout and her brother, two air guns, but as lectured Scout of her use of the words damn and hell. Later they all went to Finch's Landing and had Christmas dinner with the rest of the Finch family. Towards the end of the evening Scout got into a fight with her second cousin, punching him in the face at least twice before Jack caught her and held her arms to her side. She tried to run but ended up getting spanked, screaming how much she hated Jack. When Atticus, Jack, Scout and Jem returned home, Scout ran up to her room, locking the door. Jack knocked on the door asking permission to enter, and they discussed what happened and that it wasn't all Scouts, the her second cousin started it by insulting Atticus, Jack because annoyed and felt a tiny bit guilty for only blaming Scout.

allusion: Uncle Jack's beard was compared to General Hood, a civil war general

Atticus, Scout, Uncle Jack, Francis, Aunt Alexandria

Plot is inciting event, then rising action