Atticus Empathy Quotes

"You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them”(Page 798). This is a very important lesson to know in life because it explains why a man does the things he does. If this lesson of empathy is applied to life, the true characteristics of man will be revealed. To Kill a Mockingbird is the perfect example of empathy. The novel plainly states empathy all thought out the book and the examples can easily be applied to our lives. For example, not judging a person before getting to know their circumstances like Miss Caroline judging the Ewells before getting to know them. People will make honest mistakes but it take empathy to see them. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, three characters who show empathy are Atticus,

He taught the great lesson of empathy to Scout after the first day of school where she was made fun of by the teacher in class. He told Scout to put herself in the teacher's shoes and showed Scout that the teacher was new and had a lot of kids to deal with. Next, Atticus displayed extreme empathy and self-control towards Bob Ewell. Bob Ewell had spit in Atticus's face because Atticus ruined his reputation in court (Bob Ewell did not have a great reputation anyway). Atticus did not care, instead he stood there and took it like a gentleman. He looked at Ewell's attack from Mayella's point of view. He saw that he was saving poor Mayella a beating from her father. Atticus also shows empathy to Boo Radley. He shows empathy by not turning him in for murder because he was the one who killed Bob Ewell when Atticus's children were attacked. Atticus would be exposing Boo to the world, the exact opposite of what Boo and Atticus

Her first day of school was terrible and she blamed the teacher, Miss Caroline. Scout felt that Miss Caroline made fun of her in class in front of all her other classmates. After Atticus explained to her what empathy meant. She realized that Miss Caroline was new to Macomb and had not learned all for its ways. From then on, Scout applied empathy to her life throughout the rest of the novel. Scout later showed empathy towards the Ewells. She realized that she had to look at the Ewells life, and see that they don't have a relationship with their father as she does with hers. She saw that Bob Ewell did not care that his children were hunger and instead used the money on himself. He spent the money on drugs and then would beat Mayella. He did not care about his family and did not care what trouble they got into. Scout understood Bob Ewell, being as crooked as he was, needed to hunt out of season in order to be able to survive. Finely Scout showed empathy to Boo Radley. She sees that Boo Radley was not a bad man. All Boo wants to do is to be forgotten about. He is a shy man and does not want any more attention to be drawn to him of fear of what people will think of