You can never judge a book by its cover. Harper Lee uses a lot of figurative language and irony throughout the story in order to help readers and the characters, understand more about looking at a situation from other people's perspective. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee the author emphasises the prospect of climbing into someone else's skin by showing how Scout was able to see things through Boo Radley’s perspective, when Jem read to Ms.Dubose, and by making readers understand Atticus’s action in the trial.
As the story progresses on Scout and Jem soon learn why Boo Radley stays inside his house after seeing his interpretation of everyone in the town. “Autumn again, and Boo’s children needed him. One time he said you never …show more content…
“Did you not think the nature of her injuries warranted immediate medical attention? The witness said never thought of it, he had never called a doctor to any of his’n in his life,” (pg.235) Based on Atticus’s tone readers can see that Atticus is very observant of what people are saying and that he suspects the Ewells words aren’t fully truthful. “Some how Atticus had hit her hard in a way that was not clear to me, but it gave him no pleasure to do so. He sat with his head down.” (pg.252) Readers can see that from Atticus’s point of view is that he is struggling with the choice to do what’s right when all he is getting is negativity and criticism. “They -they aren’t oversteppin themselves, are they? Atticus’s eyes filled with tears.He did not speak for a moment.”(pg.286) Lee is trying to make readers understand how important this case was to Atticus because even though he had strong evidence that should have proved Tom was innocent; the people of Maycomb still couldn't get over the grudge on racial issues and made him guilty. In the end looking at Atticus’s perspective on the case helps to teach readers to stand up for what is right, even with strong negativity and huge obstacles that might arise from it.
Lee emphasises the prospect of climbing into someone else's skin in To Kill a Mockingbird by showing how Scout was able to see things from Boo’s perspective, when Jem read to Ms.Dubose, and by making readers understand Atticus’s actions in the trial. People should take more time to think about why people do things in order to truly understand people throughout
As the story progresses on Scout and Jem soon learn why Boo Radley stays inside his house after seeing his interpretation of everyone in the town. “Autumn again, and Boo’s children needed him. One time he said you never …show more content…
“Did you not think the nature of her injuries warranted immediate medical attention? The witness said never thought of it, he had never called a doctor to any of his’n in his life,” (pg.235) Based on Atticus’s tone readers can see that Atticus is very observant of what people are saying and that he suspects the Ewells words aren’t fully truthful. “Some how Atticus had hit her hard in a way that was not clear to me, but it gave him no pleasure to do so. He sat with his head down.” (pg.252) Readers can see that from Atticus’s point of view is that he is struggling with the choice to do what’s right when all he is getting is negativity and criticism. “They -they aren’t oversteppin themselves, are they? Atticus’s eyes filled with tears.He did not speak for a moment.”(pg.286) Lee is trying to make readers understand how important this case was to Atticus because even though he had strong evidence that should have proved Tom was innocent; the people of Maycomb still couldn't get over the grudge on racial issues and made him guilty. In the end looking at Atticus’s perspective on the case helps to teach readers to stand up for what is right, even with strong negativity and huge obstacles that might arise from it.
Lee emphasises the prospect of climbing into someone else's skin in To Kill a Mockingbird by showing how Scout was able to see things from Boo’s perspective, when Jem read to Ms.Dubose, and by making readers understand Atticus’s actions in the trial. People should take more time to think about why people do things in order to truly understand people throughout