Theme Of Walking In Someone's Shoes
I am reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and I have finished the book. This book is mainly about Tom Robinson’s court case between a white female and a black man. This book has racism as a main point of the book. In this journal, I will be evaluating the theme walking in someone’s shoes.
I will be evaluating the theme of walking in someone’s shoes from To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. First, a theme of walking in someone’s shoes is you cannot judge a person until you are in their shoes. In the book, Lee says, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view” (Lee 39). This can show how people can judge someone from the without even knowing what they are actually like. Adding in, it can infer why people may bully others because they do not know what they are like and think that they are all rainbows and unicorns, but inside they can be hurt. Another quote from the book says, “--until you climb into the skin and walk around in it” (Lee 39). This can explain that if you want to get to know someone and understand them; it is not until you climb into their world and figure it out for yourself. Also this can also show that you cannot judge a person from the outside, but know them from the inside. Not also does Lee say “—until you climb…in it” Lee also states, “if Walter and I had put ourselves in her shoes we’d have seen it was an honest mistake on her part. We could not expect her to learn all Maycomb’s ways in one day, and we could not hold her responsible when she knew no better” (Lee 40). This can express that Scout put herself in Miss Caroline’s shoes and figured out that she could not know everything in one day and needs to get used to the towns ways. It also …show more content…
Second, I think that I should get an 8/10 because I added in many more transitions to the start of the
I will be evaluating the theme of walking in someone’s shoes from To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. First, a theme of walking in someone’s shoes is you cannot judge a person until you are in their shoes. In the book, Lee says, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view” (Lee 39). This can show how people can judge someone from the without even knowing what they are actually like. Adding in, it can infer why people may bully others because they do not know what they are like and think that they are all rainbows and unicorns, but inside they can be hurt. Another quote from the book says, “--until you climb into the skin and walk around in it” (Lee 39). This can explain that if you want to get to know someone and understand them; it is not until you climb into their world and figure it out for yourself. Also this can also show that you cannot judge a person from the outside, but know them from the inside. Not also does Lee say “—until you climb…in it” Lee also states, “if Walter and I had put ourselves in her shoes we’d have seen it was an honest mistake on her part. We could not expect her to learn all Maycomb’s ways in one day, and we could not hold her responsible when she knew no better” (Lee 40). This can express that Scout put herself in Miss Caroline’s shoes and figured out that she could not know everything in one day and needs to get used to the towns ways. It also …show more content…
Second, I think that I should get an 8/10 because I added in many more transitions to the start of the