Atticus Finch speaks many words of wisdom throughout the book, but his piece of advice to Scout plays a key part in her growth. Atticus is telling Scout how to deal with Miss. Caroline and that advice is used right to the very end. This line is particularly important to the story as it’s how Scout matures. At the start of the story Scout speaks and acts in a way that she views the world as revolving around her and she doesn’t quite understand other people. An example of this is when Scout is mad at Miss. Caroline, she never wants to go back to school and gets mad since she isn’t seeing the problem from Miss. Caroline’s point of view. After Atticus tells Scout to put herself in other people’s shoes is when she really begins to grow. Scout understands that Miss. Caroline is a new teacher so that …show more content…
Caroline's shoes. When Scout understands why Boo Radley never comes out is when it’s understood how much she had changed. At the start of the story Scout really wants Boo to come out, because in her little world getting Boo to come out is a totally ok thing to do. Yet over the course of the story she takes Atticus’ advice to heart and puts herself in Boo’s shoes and knows she has to stop being childish and leave him alone. At one point Jem is being more distant from Scout than normal and Scout is mad at him. Atticus suggests putting herself in Jem’s shoes to help her understand Jem more. Scout may not totally understand what Jem is going through, but she isn’t as mad at him. Her world is growing and so is her maturity and understanding. One of the last few scenes is also a prime example of Scout’s maturity when she’s looking back on the story from Atticus’ point of view. At the start of the story Scout’s world is just herself but at the end her world has expanded to Jem, Atticus, Dill, her neighbors and so many more. All because she has walked in others’ shoes and understands her friends and