The classic book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee has touched and inspired readers for almost 60 years now. Its endearing characters, genuine feel, engaging plot, and most of all its important life lessons make it a memorable and enjoyable read for people of all ages. Woven into To Kill a Mockingbird are many things we can learn from, some of the most important are: perspective is everything, don’t harm innocent and beautiful things, and carry yourself with integrity. Perspective is a central theme to this book. To quote Atticus from Chapter 3, “if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. 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.” The children face many different people and situations in the book, for example how they treat and talk about Boo Radley, and how they view Mrs. Dubose. Atticus reprimands them for both of these, though, and we find that their original biases and beliefs about those people were quite wrong. We’re reminded that you should never judge a book by its cover, which in modern day times is still a big problem. If we all kept Atticus’ teachings in mind and tried to understand each other a little better before we were so …show more content…
We also see throughout the book how he always does his best to teach this to his children. Atticus is the same person no matter where he is (at home or in the courtroom) and no matter who he is dealing with. He treats everyone with a high level of respect no matter who they are, what race they are, or what beliefs they have. He also is a very modest man. He never brags about his skills or intelligence, or uses them to show off. The way Atticus lives his life is on its own a whole book of life lessons, lessons that we could all use a reminder