After finishing the book I began evaluating the theme of walking in someone’s shoes. During the book, I noticed that Scout walks in Boo’s shoes. After walking Boo home, Scout sees the world from Boo’s point of view. She realizes how much Boo has seen them grow. Boo watched them from little children until they were young adults. He was able to see how they grew as people and the decisions Scout, Jem, and Dill made. Boo could see how the town thought of Boo and his family. Just by the actions of Jem, Dill, and Scout, Boo was able to see that the town viewed him as a person that was locked up and scary. Jem, Dill and Scout were scared to go touch Boo’s house. Imagine no one ever coming to visit you and three little kids scared to touch your house. …show more content…
Being black causes a lot of struggles in the town of Maycomb. The whites see themselves as superior and that blacks deserve all the hard work and should not be able to live the way the whites do. The whites always win, have the say over everything, and even get to make rules towards the African Americans. Calpurnia is black along with Tom. Tom being in court has more attention drawn to him and has to keep his head high so he does not bury himself in all the negative comments toward him. Calpurnia also can feel this pain because she works for Atticus and he is getting as many comments as Tom is. Calpurnia is also getting ripped on because she works for someone that is supporting a black man. Cal also knows how Tom is feeling because she has gotten called names and knows how he lives by the color of their skin. They both have to go through the struggle of what it is to be black and how much stronger you have to be. The blacks have to be stronger because they are constantly being called derogatory terms and they cannot stand up for what they believe in. The whites are in charge and if a black person upsets a white man they are in deep trouble or it may even cost them their