Morality is about character- honesty, integrity, compassion, charity, courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is how people treat others. This is a prevailing concept in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, which, takes place during a gender biased and racist time in history. Atticus Finch, a courageous, cultivated, and conscientious man installs influential morals into his children. Scout, a young, curious, intelligent tomboy is taught the moral of, “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,” which, will stick with her throughout her childhood (Lee 39). Atticus strives to make sure that his children acquire morals and values. Nobody wants to hear their family be talked about in such a disrespectful way. When Scout has trouble accepting what people claim about her father, which is, “a nigger-lover,” Atticus responds, “nigger-lover is just one of those terms that don’t mean anything… It’s slipped into usage with some people like ourselves, when …show more content…
Scout believes that she knows Boo Radley, but in reality, all she knows about him is the rumors that she has heard. When confronting Atticus about the rumors, he insists that, “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,” showing Scout that not everything heared should be believed (Lee 39). When finally coming into contact with Boo Radley, Scout explains that, “Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough,” proving to Scout that everything she has heard about this malevolent phantom was in fact false. Suspecting and knowing are two different things, and in the end, knowing is what