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offering a new point of view on the cherished characters from her 1960 novel. but the new take on this literary classic offering some really surprising twists. you re going to hear some ugly talk about this. reporter: the sequel opens with scout, the fiery, youngest member of the finch family making her annual trip home from new york to make yum junction now fully grown and grappling with love. and big brother jeb has been written out of watchman. lee shocking readers saying he dropped dead in his tracks one day. there s a lot of ugly things in this world, son. reporter: but the biggest shock has to do with dedicated father and champion of equal rights, atticus finch, seemingly re-envisioned in this sequel depicted as a proponent of segregation. in the name of god. reporter: at one point in the new book he reportedly tells his daughter scout that the african-americans are still in the childhood as a people. aticus has not done a complete 180.