Examples Of Perception In To Kill A Mockingbird

Foreign Perception Sometimes we don’t take in effect the perception of others, and this causes views to be suppressed or distorted. In Harper Lee’s To kill a Mockingbird, we find several examples of these suppressed and distorted views. When Atticus says, “You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.”. This quote in the book shows the authors intent in presenting this problem we deal in present time. Effectively Harper Lee uses the Robinson court case, the story of Arthur Radley, and the regular encounters between the towns people and the Finch children to show how foreign perception causes others to fail. One of Harper Lee’s main parts of the book is the Tom Robinson case. During the story, Atticus Finch

Arthur Radley is a mystery to everyone, he never leaves his house, and his life is shrouded in rumors. We can infer because of the created perception about Mr. Radley that he keeps away of the Towns people because he is scared about how they will treat him. Throughout the story the children try to find several ways to contact or meet Mr. Radley, but all their attempts fail until at the end of the story Mr. Radley saves the children after they are assaulted by Bob Ewell. Mr Radley kills Bob to the save the children, after their first encounter with Mr. Radley the children wonder, “Why did he do it.”. Scout would answer that question by looking at his perception, she looked what he was looking at, Them. If only people could do that to all other in all situations then we would be able to live together better. Maycomb is a small town located in Alabama, the people in this town are very connected and know each other. This atmosphere of a close community causes rumors and news to travel quickly to everybody. The Finch children have seen and heard this community several times. Many times, the town has spread rumors. Many of these rumors dealing with Arthur Radley. During the Robinson case the children and Atticus were ridiculed and named called one example being, “N----- Lover”. The town through its network adopts a single perception causing outsiders in the town to be