Why Walk in “Shoes” When You Can Walk in Perspectives
Many characters in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, demonstrates different characteristics, though Harper Lee’s main focus is to portray the theme of one must walk in someone else’s shoes to understand his or her intentions. Characters such as Boo Radley, Mayella, Tom Robinson, Scout, and Atticus best demonstrate what it means to have different intakes and perspectives. Lee, in many cases, also show events at which different characteristics occur such as the court case, unrealistic stories of Boo Radley, the respect of women, and the older time living conditions. For example, since Atticus is a lawyer, he can see things from a perspective no one else can understand. Lawyers such as …show more content…
Towards the middle of the book, when she compares herself Boo Radley she confronts er timidness and “there is no doubt about it, [Scout] must soon enter the world”(Lee 64). This goes to show how Scout is innocent and not afraid to admit that she has her faults in different points of view, but she will not agree to everything she hears. She also admits that though many people take social sides, one should not be influenced based off of someone else. After a family dinner on a long mid-day evening, Scout has a family discussion though a relative gets involved warning her that she’ll “get in trouble if [she] goes around saying things like cussing. Want to grow up to be a lady, don't you”(Lee 79). Lee does a great job explaining how Scout is a public, outside, and rational in her behavior in this novel. This is an attempt as to how Lee demonstrated the restriction of traditional gender constructions s a young child, Scout hasn’t yet developed the qualities associated with her gender. Lastly, Harper Lee demonstrated different perspectives between characters such as the Ewell’s and the Finch’s. After a long day in court, Mayella gets flustered mumbling important facts about her father and how she should “have realized [Bob Ewell] wanted [Mayella] to hear every word he said”(Lee 89). This is important that Lee mentioned this in the
Many characters in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, demonstrates different characteristics, though Harper Lee’s main focus is to portray the theme of one must walk in someone else’s shoes to understand his or her intentions. Characters such as Boo Radley, Mayella, Tom Robinson, Scout, and Atticus best demonstrate what it means to have different intakes and perspectives. Lee, in many cases, also show events at which different characteristics occur such as the court case, unrealistic stories of Boo Radley, the respect of women, and the older time living conditions. For example, since Atticus is a lawyer, he can see things from a perspective no one else can understand. Lawyers such as …show more content…
Towards the middle of the book, when she compares herself Boo Radley she confronts er timidness and “there is no doubt about it, [Scout] must soon enter the world”(Lee 64). This goes to show how Scout is innocent and not afraid to admit that she has her faults in different points of view, but she will not agree to everything she hears. She also admits that though many people take social sides, one should not be influenced based off of someone else. After a family dinner on a long mid-day evening, Scout has a family discussion though a relative gets involved warning her that she’ll “get in trouble if [she] goes around saying things like cussing. Want to grow up to be a lady, don't you”(Lee 79). Lee does a great job explaining how Scout is a public, outside, and rational in her behavior in this novel. This is an attempt as to how Lee demonstrated the restriction of traditional gender constructions s a young child, Scout hasn’t yet developed the qualities associated with her gender. Lastly, Harper Lee demonstrated different perspectives between characters such as the Ewell’s and the Finch’s. After a long day in court, Mayella gets flustered mumbling important facts about her father and how she should “have realized [Bob Ewell] wanted [Mayella] to hear every word he said”(Lee 89). This is important that Lee mentioned this in the