The 1960 hit novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” written by Harper Lee has many of the characters' own perspective on what happens around them, like most people do. But what is the meaning of perspective and what does this even have to do with the moral of the novel?
Perspective is something that every living thing has, but even though people have their own perspective on things, Many people forget that once they get into an argument, the person on the other side has their own view of the situation at hand Perspective is a specific person or group of people’s view and feeling’s during or after an event happens that makes them question what they believe in morally.
Harper Lee develops the theme of perspective over the course of the novel by giving many characters that end up having to change their perspective and belief on something that is occurring at that very moment, which is what happens to Dill during the Tom Robinson case.
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One example of this happening is when Scout believed that Boo Radley was a man who never left his house and that if someone ended up touching the Radley house, Boo would end up taking them which the complete opposite ends up happening near the end of the novel. “Boo’s hand hovered over Jem’s head. “Go on, sir, he’s asleep.” His hand came down lightly on Jem’s hair. I was beginning to learn English. His hand tightened online and he indicated that he wanted to leave. I led him to the front porch, where his uneasy steps halted. He was still holding my hand and he gave no signs of letting me go. “Will you take me home?” He almost whispered it, in the voice of a child afraid of the dark. I put my foot on the top step and stopped. I would lead him through our house, but I would never lead him