What Is Scout's Point Of View Of To Kill A Mockingbird

One theme in To Kill a Mockingbird is that you need to stand in somebody else’s shoes to really understand them. The author, Harper Lee, develops this theme throughout the book. Atticus tells Scout she needs to consider things from another person’s point of view. When Mrs. Dubose dies, Jem learns this lesson as well. Scout gets to know Boo Radley when she stands in his shoes.
In the very beginning of the book, Scout doesn’t want to go to school anymore because she had a fight with the teacher, Miss Caroline. Atticus says to Scout that she will 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.” This helps Scout to see that Miss Caroline made a simple mistake, and it should not be held against her.

Dubose dies. The children learn that she was a morphine addict, and was trying to become unaddicted. She was not just a mean old lady. Atticus said that she had real courage, that courage is “when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” By standing in her shoes, the children learn that she was truly brave.
After the climax of the book, Scout walked Boo Radley home. As Scout stands on the Radleys’ front porch, she also stands in Boo Radley’s shoes. The book even states “Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man unless you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.” Scout relives through what Boo Radley must have seen: Jem, Dill, and Scout playing games in their yard, Jem and Scout standing outside while Miss Maudie’s house burnt down, Jem and Scout being attacked. This helps her really understand the man whom she only saw once: Boo