Walking into a person’s emotional and physiological being is an exercise in understanding and experiencing selflessness. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Boo Radley, the quiet introvert who is unknown to the town of Maycomb, Alabama and Scout, a young girl who narrates the story, demonstrates that feelings can be shown without words being said. Although Atticus, Scout's father, is aware of the complications in Maycomb he waits for his daughter to realize the value of empathy on her own. Scout’s character is inquisitive, resilient, and independent, which conveys her disposition. Empathy, is a necessity and can only be shown through a point of view; to understand that point of view, consideration must be put into
