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Lessons in To Kill a Mockingbird (Put yourself in others shoes -Gavin…
Lessons in To Kill a Mockingbird
Put yourself in others shoes -Gavin
Throughout the story, Atticus attempts to get Scout to see things through the perceptions of others. Lee conveys this by having both Scout and Atticus talk about it in times of conflict -Gavin
"You children last
night made Walter Cunningham stand in my shoes for a minute." (Lee 210).- Trevor
Within the story Atticus continuously wants Scout to stand in the shoes of others. By explaining that they got Walter Cunningham to stand in his shoes Atticus is trying to convey an understanding to the children of what walking in another man's place can do. By looking at something from another's perspective, one can diffuse a situation without violence just as the children did. -Gavin
"but if Walter and I had put ourselves in her shoes we’d have seen it was an honest
mistake on her part" (Lee 39). -Trevor
At this moment Scout is using the tactic Atticus is trying to teach her, by seeing the earlier conflict through Ms. Caroline's eyes. She suddenly comes to the understanding that she is not used to the customs of Maycomb county as she is not from there and did not grow up there as Scout and her schoolmate has. -Gavin
Don't judge people based on the color of their skin -Both
Scout and Jem learn throughout the story the wrongness of the bias against colored skin. Lee demonstrates this by making Jem and Scout question the racial divide and having them treat everone with respect. -Both
"Well, Mr. Finch didn’t act that way to Mayella and old man Ewell when he cross examined them. The way that man called him ‘boy’ all the time an‘ sneered at him, an’
looked around at the jury every time he answered—" (Lee 266). -Both
Dill is beginning to think ahead of this time in the way of equality between races. He explains to Scout how 'sick' it makes him the way that Mr. Gilmer treats Tom when compared to the white witnesses. Scout attempts to pass it off as the fact that they were his witnesses that he treated kindly but Dill counters with the fact that Atticus treated all the witnesses the same showing how far Dill has come in his beliefs of racial equality which may rub off on Scout and Jem.
-Gavin
“Well, most folks seem to think they’re right and you’re wrong…”
“They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect for their
opinions (Lee 139). -Both
Lee uses the juxtaposition of right and wrong to show that the people of Maycomb believe that Atticus's choice to defend Tom is wrong because of the color of Toms skin. However Atticus thinks that it wouldn't be right to listen to others opinions that are dependent on race. - Trevor
Stay true to your beliefs -Trevor
Atticus's behavior shows Jem and Scout how they shouldn't let others opinions get in the way of their actions. Lee shows this by keeping Atticus's behavior repetitive -Trevor
"Atticus Finch is the same in the house as he is in the public streets." (Lee 61). -Gavin
Lee's use of repetition in Atticus's behavior shows that he isn't someone to sway from his beliefs and tries to set a good example for his kids. He is attempting to rub off his behavior on to them to teach them this same lesson -Trevor
"Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win." (Lee ). -Gavin
Lee uses this explanation ,to Scout from Atticus, to show the way he stays with his beliefs. Atticus understands that even if you may lose, you have to do the right thing, reflecting how important having and sticking to good beliefs is. -Trevor
By Trevor Klein & Gavin Mainwaring