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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, empathy is used habitually by the occupants of Maycomb. The main characters in the novel have learned this valuable trait and have put it to good uses, such as in the Tom Robinson case, the Arthur Radley “unveiling” catastrophe, and Jems hard times with adolescence. Many of these things has helped the characters learn and grow their empathy, and changed their character growth dramatically. Atticus Finch, Scout Finch, and Heck Tate developed an extraordinary sense of empathy and have showed it throughout the novel. To put empathy in simpler terms, Atticus Finch describes it by saying this, “You never really understand a person

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