Task: "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." (pg 33) This is the advice Atticus gives Scout. How does she put his advice into practice during the novel?.
In "To Kill a Mockingbird" Scout, the narrator, tells the story from her point of view of herself as a young child. At many times she finds it difficult to understand people and their motivations. Her father, Atticus, plays a major role as her moral adviser whilst she is growing up. In the duration the book he teaches Scout that "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." Throughout the novel Scout puts the advice into action with Boo Radley, Mrs Dubose, Mayella Ewell, Mr Dolphus Raymond and her brother, Jem. .
At first Scout doesn't understand Boo Radley she just thinks of Boo as a mysterious man who doesn't get around much. As the novel progresses Scout discovers that Boo is more of a symbol of kindness and bravery than a freak of nature, which he is thought to be. At a time towards the end of the book Scout is "so accustomed to his absence", that she, "found it incredible that he had been sitting beside", her, "all this time." .
At the beginning of the novel Scout, Jem and Dill plays a game, which assigns them to play the roles of Mrs Radley, old Mr Radley and Boo Radley. Even though they tried their best to portray their assigned role they never really understood the feelings of those actual people. They based their drama on "bits and scraps of gossip and neighbourhood legends." In the end Scout realises that Boo is not a monster at all, but simply a person whom is misunderstood by the people of Maycomb. She also realises how unfair she had been on him, believing all the horrible stories without actually knowing him in person. .
Scout's first impression of Mrs Dubose was that "she was vicious" and she "hated her.
