Learning empathy is one of the major parts of growing up. It’s a way of seeing the world through the eyes of other people and understanding their point of view. Empathy is one of the main themes in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ in which a girl named Scout grows up in a small southern town. Scout discovers a lot of things as she matures‚ including the needless cruelty of the world and that everything isn’t always what it seems at first. She also figures out the concept of empathy for herself
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Empathy is a quality many people value in others; in Maycomb county‚ many people show this. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee one main theme is empathy. C.In Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ racism is prevalent throughout the town. However‚ many people‚ like Miss. Maudie and as young as Scout‚ show empathy that leads to a more equal society. As Jem‚ Scout‚ and Dill become older‚ they become more empathetic. ‘"Have a chew‚ Scout.’ Jem dug into his pocket and extracted a Tootsie Roll. It took a few minutes to
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Scout demonstrates a lack of empathy by never comprehending the struggles others face. This is shown through the teacher’s misunderstandings of Walter’s situation‚ where as a result Scout beats him up. By never taking at hand Walters condition Scout is absent of empathy. Similarly Jem doesn’t always take into account others emotional trauma. Falsely advertising Boo Radley’s life story‚ Jem blatantly thinks he is a “monster” not trying to fathom the effects this might cause on Boo’s self-esteem. The
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around in it.” Of all the emotions‚ Empathy is the one emotion which determines how we react to our circumstances. Empathy influences‚ and will change a person for the good. These changes and influences are shown in Atticus‚ his children‚ and their acquaintances throughout the story. Empathy is the reason Atticus is Atticus‚ and without it he would be a different person altogether. People such as Bob Ewell make brash decisions due to their lack of empathy. Empathy by definition is “the feeling you
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Miss Maudie Atkinson Upon reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ I discovered that there are many different characters that require attention. While getting to know all about these characters‚ I began to try and relate myself to them. All the main ones‚ such as Atticus‚ Jem and Scout‚ are easier to relate to due to their huge part of this novel. There are many other characters that have a very large impact on this book that do not get enough praise as deserved. One of these people is Miss
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town called Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ in the 1930s. Despite the whites treating the African Americans like subordinates‚ the townsfolk treat each other like family‚ with the exception of the Ewell family. In the beginning of the book Harper Lee illustrates empathy is learned through each character passing it on to each other as if it were a tradition. In one of the scenes where Scout(Jean Louise Finch) our protagonist has a confrontation with her teacher Miss Caroline ‚ Atticus gives her the most important
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To Kill A Mockingbird Empathy You can’t just open a book and judge the story on the random chapter you happened to end up on‚ you start from the beginning and read the full story. Empathy is just like that. Empathy is like reading someone else’s story: being one with the characters and events and feeling the emotions of the main character‚ observing‚ listening‚ and understanding. When you read someone’s story is when the solution of racism and prejudices within communities is really possible
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Throughout to kill a mockingbird‚ Harper Lee communicates on numerous occasions the importance of compassion‚ as taught to jem and scout through the book‚ empathy is one of the most critical traits in a respectable human being. In the fictional town of Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ poverty is a common disease. Though poor‚ Scouts family is better off than most of the people in Maycomb. That includes the likes of walter cunningham‚ a son of a farming family that was hit hard by the depression. Scout learns her
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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD ESSAY A true gift is‚ in one sense‚ an unexpected blessing bestowed by a person –or even‚ perhaps‚ by fate. In the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee gifts are used as symbols of the people’s character and also help the reader understand the book better as it unfolds. One of the gifts in the book was given to Miss Maudie. One night during the snow storm her house caught fire. The neighbors put the fire out but she needed a place to stay. Miss Maudie stayed with Miss
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justice system. It is just a system.” In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ a coming of age novel about the adventures and experiences of a young girl‚ Lee plunges into trialing times of being black during the 1900s and the injustices of racial discrimination. Through the use of symbolism and court evidence Lee shows the inequality the court presents through discrimination. Through the use of symbolism Lee connects the innocence of a mockingbird to Tom Robinson to show the injustice and inequality towards
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