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Tolerance In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

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Atticus is a perfect example of tolerance in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. During his interactions with others, he consistently demonstrates his willingness to listen to differing perspectives and beliefs, without ever passing judgment based on race or background. This can be proved by three examples within the novel.

The first example is that Atticus kept his ground and he didn’t make any threats when the mob came for Tom Robinson he even kept his ground when his kids showed up. He was scared but he just asked them to leave but they didn’t, and even after the mob left he didn’t get mad at Jem. These events occur in Chapter 15 and they show that Atticus has tolerance by showing he will listen to other's beliefs and he will see things from their perspective. This is seen when Atticus stays calm even when Jem refuses to leave the reason he stays calm is that he is able to understand why Jem wants to stay he sees that Jem is scarred for his father’s safety. …show more content…

Ewell spits on him after Atticus tells Tom Robinson’s family about Tom’s death. Atticus doesn’t get mad all he does is wipe off the spit and then he leaves. This event occurred in chapter 22 and it shows how even when Atticus is provoked he is still able to have tolerance, he is able to keep his tolerance because he can see the event from Mr. Ewell’s point of view which is that Atticus defended the man who raped his daughter. Atticus talks about this ability with Scout when she is being bullied at school this is shown by this quote “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”(Harper Lee) This is a quote taken from Atticus which plainly shows one of the ways that he keeps

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