What Does Scout Learn In To Kill A Mockingbird

As we grow and mature, we learn lessons that help us to become stronger people. A very important life skill is learning how to put yourself in other people's shoes so you can relate to their feeling and actions. Scout learns this lesson in Harper Lee's to Kill A Mockingbird. As the book continues, Scout learns how to put herself in someone else's position and she starts to see things from other peoples perspective. In the beginning of this book, it is obvious that Scout does place an importance from other people’s perspective. She is not at all cautious about the words she says and has difficulties placing herself in other people’s positions. In chapter two, Miss Caroline asks Walter Cunningham why he doesn’t have lunch money for school. She

I thought I stated myself clearly. It was clear for the rest of us (page 20). Scout is not realizing the fact that Miss Caroline is new to town and will take a while to get to know everyone in the town. If Scout had put herself in Miss Caroline shoes, she would not have been so rude informing her about the average Cunningham family. Scout needs to learn the important lesson of viewing things from someone else's perspective. Atticus recognizes this and talks to her about it on page (30). " If you can learn a simple trick,” Scout, you'll get along 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”. It takes scout time to realize his faults and actions she has made throughout the book. But as it continues on Scout becomes more mature. When Jem, Scout and Dill have to run away from the Radley place Jem loses his pants. He returns home before his bedtime only to go out again at two in the morning to retrieve his pants and escape punishment from Atticus. Jem stays moody and silent for an entire week following the event. Instead of becoming angry with Jem, Scout attempts to see things from his point of view. "As Atticus had once advised me to do, I tried to climb into Jem’s skin and walk around in it; if I had gone alone to the Radley Place at two in the morning, my funeral would have been held the next afternoon. So I left Jem alone and