Theme Of Tolerance In To Kill A Mockingbird

SECTION ONE: Chapters 1-3
Quote: “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view – until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (Lee 34) This quote has a high level of importance in this novel because not only does Atticus use this once or twice, he uses it multiple times throughout the story. This quote specifically showed Atticus’s tolerance, which was few a far to come by in times where most of the people in Maycomb were very stereotypical and held much prejudice. This leads me to how this quote falls under the Prejudice (stereotypes) vs. Tolerance topic. This quote really was the first in the book where we learned how Atticus had views that slightly differed from the rest of the town which allowed the mood of the book to change from where we thought the Finchs were the same as everyone else. Atticus’s views on tolerance in this setting were very beneficial to his children because it taught them to understand where someone else may be coming from before trying to understand them. This specifically was positive because in this time and place it was very hard to break away from the views of …show more content…
Atticus did not show that Tom Robinson’s left arm was crippled until it was clear to everyone that Robinson did not punch the girl. This quote was one of the most important of the trial because it showed that Atticus was slowly building a solid case defending Robinson and putting the blame on the father. This is a perfect exhibit of Atticus showing the Guilty vs. Innocence theme because even though he won’t win the case, he provides everyone with evidence of how he was innocent. Atticus was very smart in his testimony during the trial making it very obvious who was guilty and who wasn’t. This specifically really changed how people viewed African Americans in that time which began the Civil Rights