Where is Scout showing passion?

shows
passion throughout , but the main issues that excite her emotions revolve
around the way that people talk to her about her father, . One part of the book where Scouts
passion and emotions get out of hand is when she is fighting her cousin inof the book.

Scouts cousin Francis is around when Scout and her family visit in chapter 9 of the
novel. Francis is not a very interesting boy, but even worse, he is racist to boot. Like other
members of the Maycomb County community, Francis says,

Just what I said. Grandma says its bad enough he lets you all run wild, but now hes
turned out a nigger-lover well never be able to walk the streets of Maycomb again. Hes ruinin
the family; thats what hes doin. (Chapter 9)

Scout doesnt
every take kindly to people speaking badly about her father, and despite not understanding the
insult, she knows that Francis is insulting Atticus, just like Cecil Jacobs at school earlier in
the chapter.

Despite Atticus telling Scout that she isnt to fight on his
behalf, Scout lets her passion get the better of her and attacks Francis. However, after the
attack and her punishment, Scout realizes that her emotions cant rule her, because she promised
her father that she wouldnt let her anger get the better of her. She begs her uncle to keep
Atticus from knowing:

Uncle Jack, please promise me
somethin, please sir. Promise you wont tell Atticus about this. Hehe asked me one time not to
let anything I heard about him make me mad, an Id ruther him think we were fightin about
somethin else instead. Please promise ... (Chapter 9)

After coming down from her passionate fight, she realizes that it isnt worth Atticuss
pain to let her emotions get the better of her.