To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee: Character Analysis

In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the theme is the more someone understands other people the more they can understand their situation. As Scout talks about Miss. Gates and the courthouse to Jem, he snaps furiously at Scout and being surprised of Jem’s action, indicating that Scout has no clue on Jem’s case. When Scout goes to Atticus, he starts explaining to Scout, Jem’s situation “Jem was trying hard to forget something but what he was really doing was storing it away for a while, until enough time passed” (Lee 331). By Atticus’ explanation it indicated that he does understand Jem and his situation on why he acted so furious when Scout brought up the courthouse. For example Atticus once told Scout that she would need to climb into someones skin and walk around in it,

When Atticus and Scout are talking about her day at school and Miss Caroline, Scout says that Atticus was teaching her wrong, Atticus says “You 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” (Lee 39). Atticus understands Miss Caroline’s situation when she told Scout about Atticus teaching her wrong. Miss Caroline is a teacher and has that job for a reason, so if Scout already knows what she teaches then their is no reason for her to teach Scout. Thus, explaining why Miss Caroline is telling Scout that Atticus is teaching her wrong. Finally, Jem never understood why Mrs Dubose would make mean comments about atticus, although Atticus didn’t care about the comments. When Atticus came back from Mrs Dubose’s house he tells Jem that Mrs Dubose has passed away and shows him a candy box “Just before your escapade she called me to make her will… she was going to leave this world beholden to nothing and nobody” (Lee 147 & 148). Mrs Dubose left behind a camellia for Jem to have on her will. Mrs Dubose had Jem read to her till it was”time” for her to leave the