To Kill a Mockingbird

Scouts family history

Why did the author include the information

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Scout's family history is important to the context of Maycomb and Scout's place in it. Although her Aunt Alexandra insists that the Finches come from aristocracy, Scout knows that her forefathers were rather crazy. This speaks to the illusion of class and sense of entitlement in the South.