Main character, Jean Luies, seams to have a respect from the other students in the school. When one of the students is challenged the responsibility of defending that person falls naturally on Scout. She seams to take this in her stride and enjoys being the defender. I believe that she dose this to defend her Dads name. Her farther is a lawyer and Scout wants to be able to not shame her farther. This I think is the key factor for Scout to rise up and defend the others, because she wants to feel no shame when see next sees her Dad.