Annette Zavala
3/18/16
Per: 7/8th
To Kill a Mockingbird, End of Book
Assessment - Argumentative Essay

Atticus takes a Stand “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” (Lee 39). This Quote by Harper Lee, is an illustration on reaching tolerance. Atticus believes that part of the reason why there is prejudice is because people don't understand each other. However, many people in Maycomb are misunderstood, avoided, or discriminated by the town people, including Boo Radley, the Ewells, and all black people. Atticus like a father teaches these words to Scout and Jem. In the middle of the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus decides to take on a case involving a black man named Tom Robinson who has been accused of raping a very poor white girl named Mayella Ewell one of the children of the unresponsible Ewell family who most of Maycomb society that people call "trash." The Finch family faces harsh criticism in …show more content…
He gets his revenge one night while Jem and Scout were walking home from the Halloween play at their school, he follows them home in the dark, then runs at them and attempts to kill them with kitchen knife. Boo Radley then stabs Mr. Ewell and saves the children. Finally, Scout takes a chance to meet shy and nervous Boo. At the end of the night, the sheriff declares that Mr. Ewell fell on his own knife so Boo, the hero of the situation won't have any problems. Scout then walks Boo home and imagines how he has viewed the town and observed her. Boo goes insideand she never sees him again, and at that time she finally understood the following qoute that, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” (Lee