“Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves,” - Mason Cooley.
Compassion is a valuable part of Harper Lee’s novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, and the representation of this quote can be shown throughout various spots in the novel. Compassion is a rare trait to have, and the people who do acquire it often prosper in academics as well as social skills. Lee does an extraordinary job of showing how being compassionate allows one to thrive and achieve remarkable goals all through your life. Compassion is a peculiarity that is developed from multiple traits such as respect, courage, and sympathy, and it is not an easy characteristic to learn to have.
Atticus, Scout’s father, is a small town lawyer in the 1930’s whose …show more content…
Scout is an adolescent tomboy growing up in a racist southern town in the 1930’s who has yet to experience the domination racism has on her society. Scout displays many aspects of not only compassion, equality, and benevolence, but sheer heroism in certain situations that Scout is placed in. Scout’s biggest sign of being compassionate is when she saves Atticus from Walter Cunningham Sr.’s mob who are attempting to lynch Tom Robinson, and the only obstacle between them and Tom is Atticus. Jem can tell something is wrong the night that Atticus spends his night at the jail, but when he tries to leave their house he inadvertently wakes up Scout and Dill who then join him on his quest to see what was wrong. Once they get there they run to Atticus and Scout talks to Mr Cunningham about his entailments which made him “... stand in [Atticus’s] shoes for a minute,” and that was enough to force the band of men to turn around and leave Atticus and Tom unharmed. Scout’s second performance of the utmost compassion is near the end of the book when she generously invites Walter Cunningham over for supper because she knows his family has been exceedingly impoverished and do not accept money from other people. Walter and Scout did not get along very well at first seeing as Walter unintentionally Scout into trouble the first day of school, but Scout was willing to put all of that behind her to be …show more content…
Lee develops a multitude of characters all of whom show either compassion or a lack of compassion. The amount of compassion Lee gives each character depicts whether we like or dislike a character, this style of writing is powerful because it teaches us that by having a lack of compassion, people start to develop a feeling of animosity towards you. If you are having trouble being as compassionate as some of the characters in ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, just do as Atticus says and “climb into [their] skin and walk around in it”, maybe then you’ll see things from their point of view and you can justify their
Compassion is a valuable part of Harper Lee’s novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, and the representation of this quote can be shown throughout various spots in the novel. Compassion is a rare trait to have, and the people who do acquire it often prosper in academics as well as social skills. Lee does an extraordinary job of showing how being compassionate allows one to thrive and achieve remarkable goals all through your life. Compassion is a peculiarity that is developed from multiple traits such as respect, courage, and sympathy, and it is not an easy characteristic to learn to have.
Atticus, Scout’s father, is a small town lawyer in the 1930’s whose …show more content…
Scout is an adolescent tomboy growing up in a racist southern town in the 1930’s who has yet to experience the domination racism has on her society. Scout displays many aspects of not only compassion, equality, and benevolence, but sheer heroism in certain situations that Scout is placed in. Scout’s biggest sign of being compassionate is when she saves Atticus from Walter Cunningham Sr.’s mob who are attempting to lynch Tom Robinson, and the only obstacle between them and Tom is Atticus. Jem can tell something is wrong the night that Atticus spends his night at the jail, but when he tries to leave their house he inadvertently wakes up Scout and Dill who then join him on his quest to see what was wrong. Once they get there they run to Atticus and Scout talks to Mr Cunningham about his entailments which made him “... stand in [Atticus’s] shoes for a minute,” and that was enough to force the band of men to turn around and leave Atticus and Tom unharmed. Scout’s second performance of the utmost compassion is near the end of the book when she generously invites Walter Cunningham over for supper because she knows his family has been exceedingly impoverished and do not accept money from other people. Walter and Scout did not get along very well at first seeing as Walter unintentionally Scout into trouble the first day of school, but Scout was willing to put all of that behind her to be …show more content…
Lee develops a multitude of characters all of whom show either compassion or a lack of compassion. The amount of compassion Lee gives each character depicts whether we like or dislike a character, this style of writing is powerful because it teaches us that by having a lack of compassion, people start to develop a feeling of animosity towards you. If you are having trouble being as compassionate as some of the characters in ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, just do as Atticus says and “climb into [their] skin and walk around in it”, maybe then you’ll see things from their point of view and you can justify their