Atticus had always tried to teach me through his actions that I had to look from other people’s perspectives before I judged them. I remember that when I first heard the news of what Mr. Ewell did to my father after the trial, I was shocked that he would do such a cruel act towards an innocent man. At the time, this incident only reinforced my belief that all the Ewells were white trash, since I looked at this only through my point of view. On the other hand, Atticus looked from Mr. Ewell’s perspective and realized that almost anyone would react similarly under those circumstances. Atticus always wanted to understand the reasoning behind a person’s actions, because he believed that everyone had some “good” in them. It’s just that a lot of times