Examples Of Personal Quotes In To Kill A Mockingbird

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In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee there are many quotes. The quote “you never really understand a person until you consider things from their point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” sticks out the most. The thing that makes it stick out the most is about how true it is. In our generation we usually judge people by the way they look or dress but will never get to know them. Some other quotes similar to this quote are “ i had to put ourselves in her shoes and it was a honest mistake”,”people generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for.”,”Atticus he was real nice.””most people are when you finally see them”,”I think there is one kinds of folks.Folks”,”I do my best to love everybody”,and …show more content…
This quote means that people really are or can be different then when people first judged them. An example of this is when Scout first met Boo (Arthur) Radley for the first time and then she realized he just wanted to help them. Another quote that is similar to the first quote is “I think there’s only one kind of folks. Folks”. This quote is similar because when people look at someone and think they are like you when you are in their shoes. This quote means that you think of somebody is not better than anybody else, they are like everyone else. An example of this quote is when Calpurnia takes the kids to church and they don’t judge the other people by the color of their skin. The last quote similar to the first quote is “I do my best to love everybody”. This quote is similar to the first quote because if people judge you without getting to know everyone will not love everyone but if everybody puts each other in their shoes people can learn to love everyone like we are the same. This quote means to love everybody no matter who they …show more content…
One of them said “it has compassion and is based on sympathy and to understand why people act the way they do even if you don’t agree with it”. This analysis is true because you don’t really see why someone acts certain way until everyone realizes why they act like that way. In this book the author acknowledged that Scout matures throughout the years. She matures by not judging people and seeing them on the inside. She also seeks sympathy for people like Tom Robinson and Mayella Ewell during the court trial. She learned how to be a kind woman and to judge on the inside not the

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