To Kill a Mockingbird
In To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee there are many life lessons to be learned. One of which Atticus Finch gives to his children, "First of all if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it"(30). Throughout this novel this lesson comes into use several times.Scout arrives home from her first day of school upset, and confides in Atticus for advice. Scouts' first grade teacher Miss Caroline unknowingly offers Walter Cunningham money for lunch. When Walter refuses to accept the money Miss Caroline persists until Scout rudely interrupts her. Scout explains to Miss Caroline that Walter is a Cunningham, and the Cunningham's do not accept money that they cannot pay back. Miss Caroline punishes Scout for starting the year off on the wrong foot. This is when Atticus gives Scout the knowledgeable advice about walking in other peoples skin to see things from their point of view. Scout attempts to do this with Miss Caroline. "If Walter and I had put ourselves in her shoes we'd have seen it was an honest mistake on her part. We
Another sign that Scout is maturing is that she no longer goes out of her way attempting to see Boo Radley. "I sometimes felt a strange twinge of Throughout this novel Scout is faced with a series of events where her fathers advice becomes imperative. She jumps into several people's skin, which fills her with a greater understanding of them. This helps Scout grow and mature as a person mentally and spiritually. She learns that by jumping into another's skin, it will help her find out how she herself wants to be treated. Scout starts off as a young naive little child and blossoms into a mature young adult with a deeper understanding and respect for life and the world around her. could not expect her to learn all of Maycomb's ways in one day and we could not hold her responsible when she knew no better"(30). Gaining this knowledge begins to direct Scout on the right path to maturation. remorse, when passing by the old place, at ever having taken part in was must have been torment to Arthur Radley-what reasonable recluse wants children peeping through is shutters, delivering greetings on the end of a fishing pole, wandering in his collards at night"(242). Scout finally puts aside her childish games and looks at things from his perspecti
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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