To Kill a Mockingbird Theme

“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.” (Ch # 3: Atticus, pg. 39). Scout learns many lessons, but she really considered this one much; she tries it many times on many people. One theme for To Kill A Mockingbird is to walk in other people’s shoes and to try to understand their perspective. When Atticus just explains it, Scout/Jean Louise tests her abilities to understand people by walking in their shoes. In the beginning of the book, Jem is growing older and goes through “stages,” so Scout gets frustrated with him. Atticus explains thee concept again and Scout tries it; as usual she does not fully understand. Stepping into Jem’s shoes, Scout figures out that she has been annoying when he tells her to leave him alone. Not fully absorbed into the concept, Jem and Scout dislike Mrs. Dubose and get very mad at her. Atticus then explains the concept again to the both of them this time, since their anger blocks the concept from their minds. so they try it on her. They understand that it would be horrible to be sick everyday, to have your garden ruined and to stay in bed forever; they think that if they were put in that situation, they would act the same way. As Scout matures, when Atticus does not help her, she tries to rise up conversation with Mr. Cunningham at the jail when the mob gathers to talk with Atticus about Tom Robinson. Scout does not know what was really happening between Mr. Cunningham and Atticus. So, noticing they were all serious and not very talkative, she tries to rise up a conversation by thinking of something Mr. Cunningham was interested in - then talking about it. Scout tries hard to walk in people’s shoes, but she really succeeds at it at the end of the book. Scout slowly but surely realizes how to understand other people at the last chapter with Boo/Arthur Radley. First of all, Scout notices that Atticus always wanted to be where the lights