How To Show Empathy In To Kill A Mockingbird

The greatest teachers people have are their parent. in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout and Jem learn from the adults actions and behaviors in Maycomb. For example kids make fun of their mysterious neighbor Boo Radley based on fouls rumors and watch their father Atticus defend a black person. They explore prejudice and empathy from how people interact with each other. Jem and Scout learn empathy which is understanding how someone feels when the father tells they should not make fun of Boo Radley. the kids play the Boo Radley game in which they act out the rumors that Boo stabbed his father, later Atticus saw them playing the game and tells them “you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around” (374). Atticus tries to teach his children lesson about how to understand people and respect their feelings and they learn empathy from the incident in the jail house. when the men …show more content…
Scout thinks that Calpurnia is not smart and educated, because she is black but Atticus tells her that “Calpurnia had more education that most of the colored folks”(32). Atticus is telling Scout not to judge people by their race. similarly, in the court when tom robinson a black man says that he felt sorry for her the people start asking him “you felt sorry for her, you felt sorry for her… to the ceiling”(264). he feel sorry for a white woman or help her only because he is black the people in Maycomb treat people of different color or race like they do not know what are they doing or are lower from them. Jem and Scout learn about prejudice and empathy from the adults in Maycomb. they learn that the people are prejudiced by watching how they interact with people of color, and they learn lessons of empathy from their father as well every day life provides so many lessons for people and the main teachers are the