have you ever wounderd what empathy means if you stay and listen to what i have to say then you can learn a thing or two on what and how empathy is used . in these two books to kill a mocking bird and marigolds they show what empathy is. in the book marigolds they only have one person that really explains empathy in her point of view in very detailed words. to kill a mocking bird it is distributed to all the characters,but in this story atticus show more empathy in the book but he isnt like lizabeth in marigolds. there both kind of them same lizabeth hates herself and atticus would hate himself if he didn't do something for tom Robinson. Lizabeth is the most empathetic out of the bunch of kids. when the kids were picking up pebbles to throw …show more content…
she dint feel like joining the kids because she thought it was to childish for her. when it comes to empathy lizabeth is the most detailed character when she explains what it felt like. when Lizabeth was crying joey told her to look up "Miss Lottie i scrambled to my feet and just stood there and stared at her and that was the moment when childhood faded and women hood began." Lizabeth was really discriptive with few words we knew what her point of view was and when she learned what empathy is. in to kill a mocking bird" they don't really have a little mystery on what the mean like in marigolds. when it came to tom Robinson trial they say why it is good to have empathy. lizabeth show empathy by planting marigolds in a couple of years because she understands why miss lottie planted them in the first place "for one does not have to be ignorant and poor to find that his life is a barren as the dusty yard of our town. i too have planted marigolds.'' even though the flowers made her mad she understands why miss lottie planted them to create beauty in a time of great poverty and depression. not only that she understands why she planted them she plants them for miss lottie to show that she is sorry for what she has done to her flower.empathy can be shown in many diffrent ways sometimes you can even realize what