never really understand This quote highlights one of the book’s main themes, empathy. “You a person until you consider Here Scout realizes her mistake in demonizing Boo Radley, and things from his point of learns the importance of not making judgements based on what view... Until you climb inside other people say or think. of his skin and walk around in it.” said to Jem one day, This serves a metaphorical purpose as well as a literal one. “Atticus rather you shot at tin cans When the town declares Tom Robison and Boo Radley no good, ‘I’d in the backyard, but I know when neither has done anything wrong, they are shooting at you’ll go after birds. Shoot all mockingbirds - people who do nothing but good in the world. the blue jays you want, if you can hit but remember it’s ‘em, a sin to kill a mockingbird.’ That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. ‘Your father’s right,’ she said. don’t do one ‘Mockingbirds thing except make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corn cribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.’” there's just one kind of “‘If folks, why can't they get This quote emphasizes another major theme in the novel: along with each other? If growing up. Scout, Jem, and Dill begin the book as innocent they're all alike, why do they children, but as the Robinson case progresses (along with the go out of their way to despise novel), they learn about the true presence of evil in the world, and each other? Scout, I think I'm begin to better understand the way society works. beginning to understand something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time. It's because he wants to stay inside.’”
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” “Atticus said to Jem one day, ‘I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.’ That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. ‘Your father’s right,’ she said. ‘Mockingbirds don’t do one thing except make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corn cribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.’” “‘If there's just one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other? Scout, I think I'm beginning to understand something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time. It's because he wants to stay inside.’” This quote highlights one of the book’s main themes, empathy. Here Scout realizes her mistake in demonizing Boo Radley, and learns the importance of not making judgements based on what other people say or think. This serves a metaphorical purpose as well as a literal one. When the town declares Tom Robison and Boo Radley no good, when neither has done anything wrong, they are shooting at mockingbirds - people who do nothing but good in the world. This quote emphasizes another major theme in the novel: growing up. Scout, Jem, and Dill begin the book as innocent children, but as the Robinson case progresses (along with the novel), they learn about the true presence of evil in the world, and begin to better understand the way society works.
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