Throughout the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee conveys the theme that seeing things from another's perspective is an important life skill. Empathizing with others is important so you can have a better understanding of what motivates their actions. Learning how to put yourself in someone else's shoes is a hard task but Lee clearly constructs examples that do the job. In the novel Jem doesn't understand what Atticus is trying to teach him by sending him to Mrs. Dubose's house. Atticus wants Jem to know that “[Mrs. Dubose] is old and ill. [Jem] can’t hold [Mrs. Dubose] responsible for what she says and does.”(Lee 140) Atticus tries to teach Jem that Mrs. Dubose is sick that’s what causes her to be spiteful. He also wants Jem to take
