“Atticus was right, one time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.” Standing from Radley 's porch and talking to Atticus helped Scout grow as a character and receive a different point of view on the things around her. As a little girl Scout was told rumors about Boo Radley which led her to see him as a strange and mysterious man. After a traumatizing event, at the end of the book, Scout walks Boo Radley back home and after standing on his porch she sees a different side to Boo Radley then people once told her. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee develops the theme you never know a person unless you have walked in their shoes through point of view, flashback, and characterization.
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In addition, Harper Lee uses Flashback to develop the theme you do not know someone unless you have walked in their shoes. For example, it was daylight in Scout’s mind, and the night faded. It was daytime and the neighborhood was busy (373). Flashing back to her past Scout sees what Boo Radley has been seeing in the past. Seeing the flashbacks from Boo Radley’s point of view made Scout connect to Boo Radley as a person. Additionally, Scout sees an event that occurred previously from Boo Radley’s point of view. Flashing back to the, “Winter, and his children shivered at the front gate, silhouetted against a blazing house. Winter and a man walked into the street, dropped his glasses and shot a dog” (374). From Boo Radley 's porch Scout flashes back to the night of the fire and sees the event of the burning house and Atticus shooting the wild dog from Radley’s perspective. Flashing back to those events and many more Scout realizes what it is like in Boo’s shoes through the flashbacks. Scout begins to understand Boo Radley more by seeing things from his perspective through flashbacks and starts to understand what is like from Boo’s side of …show more content…
At last, Harper Lee uses characterization to develop the theme of you do no know someone unless you have walked in their shoes. For example, after seeing things from Boo Radley’s perspective Scout realizes that, “ when they finally saw him, why he wouldn 't done any of those things… Atticus, he was real nice…” (376). After realizing who Boo Radley is, and after seeing things through his point of view Scout realizes what it is like through Boo’s shoes. She starts to understand Boo more and Scout grows as a character through that. Additionally, Atticus tells Scout that, “ Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them” (376). After talking with Atticus, Scout grows as a character and begins to understand that to really understand someone you have to walk in their shoes and most people are really nice when you finally see them. After talking to Radley, Scout understands that you need to walk in someone 's shoes to really understand a person and standing on the porch was enough for Scout to see what Boo Radley was seeing. This was a wonderful life lesson for Scout and made her grow as a character.
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee develops the theme of you do not know someone unless you have walked in their shoes through point of view, flashbacks, and characterization. Through the text you see Scout standing on Boo’s porch and seeing things from his perspective through flashbacks. Then, when she talks to Atticus she receives a valuable life lesson that you do