How Is Atticus Learned In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Many lessons were learned by Scout and Jem during the time of Tom Robinson’s case. Harper Lee’s fiction piece To Kill a Mockingbird is an American classic.Both Scout and Jem learned many lessons from Atticus. Scout learned from Atticus that you must take a walk in someone’s skin to truly understand them. For example, when Scout saw Walter Cunningham Jr. pouring syrup all over his breakfast, she was very confused. But she did not think about what it’s like to be a Cunningham and realise he’s never had such a luxurious amount of food in his life. However, Jem learned from Atticus that you must see things through even if it seems hopeless or impossible. Atticus himself needs to go through with defending Tom Robinson as best as he can, even

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