Tolerance is one’s ability to accept other people’s ideas or methods, especially those that they do not agree with. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the character Scout is taught about tolerance as she is being introduced to an environment different than what she is used to. She has to learn how to control her actions as she matures, which leads to her having to adapt to changes in the way she acts around people. Atticus had to teach Scout how to tolerate people, even if she did not want to. For example, after the first day of school, Scout came home with a disliking for her new teacher, Ms. Caroline, because of her teaching methods. Atticus told her “First of all, …if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along
