To Kill A Mockingbird Final Essay Today in society, many people empathize so they can further understand another's point of view. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows how empathy is the key to understanding somebody. Atticus really supports the theme of empathy. He wants Jem and Scout to live by empathizing for other people. Atticus and Scout use empathy to understand another character's point of view.
Empathy is more than just saying sorry, it actually helps someone feel what another is feeling. Atticus really supports this throughout the novel. This is shown through the quote on page 39.“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view … until you climb into his skin and walk …show more content…
On page 186, Dill is hungry because he ran away from home and didn't have any food. Scout uses empathy to further see his perspective. She realizes how hungry he must be. Running away from home takes a lot of work. Scout responded to her empathy by getting him some food to eat. Scout uses empathy in the trial as well. On page 256, Scout realizes that Mayella Ewell is probably the loneliest person in the world. She didn’t even know what friends were when Atticus asked her if she had any. She is alone all the time, nobody to talk to. She also lives in poverty, which doesn’t help her social life. Once Scout thinks about how hard it is to have no friends, she then understands how she felt. Scout doesn’t show empathy in just the trial, she also empathizes for Boo Radley. On page 372, Scout tells Boo Radley that he can see Jem after he was hurt. She realizes how lonely Boo must be. She wanted him to feel welcome, since he saved her and Jem. On page 374, Scout takes Boo to his porch. While she is standing there, she pretends that she is Boo and looks at life from his perspective.She finally understands why Boo seems rude. Boo was just an innocent shy person who seemed like a creepy old man.He really just didn’t like to go out much. She put herself in his shoes, to find he truly wasn’t a bad man. He had saves them and lives them gifts. You never understand a man unless you put yourself in their …show more content…
Atticus really enforces empathy by viewing life in another person's skin. Atticus teaches Scout this life lesson. Boo Radley seemed like a creepy man at first. Scout empathized for him by looking at the world from his perspective, while she was on the porch. Once she imagined what he had seen every day, she finally understood. He wasn't creepy at all, and he was really just trying to be kind. All of his rumors were false. He gave them gifts, and saved their lives. When Atticus was called names by Ms.Dubose, he put himself in her shoes and because he empathized, he made Jem help her after he destroyed her flowers. She wasn't a rude old lady deep down. She just was struggling. Once empathy is used it’s easier to see the good in others. Atticus and Scout empathized to understand other characters views in