To Kill A Mockingbird Perspective Analysis

through Boo Radley. Her transformation can be seen when comparing her mindset at the beginning and end of the story. In chapter 3 Atticus tries to teach her about this topic in which he says: "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." (pg. 30). Atticus explains to Scout that she needs to try and see things from another's viewpoint even when they don’t see eye to eye. In Scout’s case, she learns to not judge people before she has a chance to see thing from their perspective. At the end of the book, Scout finally learns this lesson, as she says: "Atticus, he was real nice" which indicates her realization that some people are not what rumors say they are. Atticus the replies to her: "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them." (pg.376).

Some people never change – you just get to know them better. To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, is a complex novel about a young girl, Scout, learning about the world of Maycomb with her brother Jem and friend Dill. Harper Lee uses To Kill a Mockingbird to show how the perception of the unknown changes with age and knowledge through Bildungsroman and Othering aspects throughout the novel. This is mainly displayed in Scout’s constantly changing idea of, and attitude towards, Boo Radley.

He had to take it out on somebody and I'd rather it be me than that houseful of children out there’" (page 292). Jem again starts to understand Boo Radley and about why he stays in his house. The passage says, “Scout, I think I'm beginning to understand something.

In To Kill A Mockingbird, the understanding of good vs. evil changes depending on age, race, perspective, environment, and experience. A young girl, Scout Finch, comes across good and evil as she confronts lies, attacks, and racism in the small town of Maycomb. Harper Lee uses Scout’s life to show the readers that one’s perspective of life will change as they grow older and mature. As Scout matures and comes close to her death of innocence, she is able to balance her thoughts on good and evil and starts to see the true, ugly colors of Maycomb and its people.

After making fun of her teacher and being racist towards African Americans, Scout learns a tough lesson from her father. He takes her to the porch and sits her down, and shares his firm lesson with his daughter. "You never really understand a person until you really consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his shoes" (Lee 39). Atticus, quite plainly, stresses how important it is to not judge one on their appearance or on their position within the social classes. This makes Scout think more before she acts, and it puts their actions into perspective. A small town’s gossip and the power of assumption can change someone’s life in an awful way in some scenarios. One character in example, is Boo Radley. Everyone assumes he

In other words, children are more susceptible to the influence of others due to their undeveloped brains, but the more people they learn to understand and step into the shoes of, the better understanding they will have about life as an adult. As Atticus knowingly tells Scout at the beginning of the novel, “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 31). Learning to look at things from another’s vantage point seems to be a constant struggle for Scout, Jem, and Dill throughout To Kill a Mockingbird. The three continuously play games involving the Radley’s and judge “Boo” Radley prematurely based on what they have previously heard of him; Jem describing him as “six-and-a-half feet tall”, assuming that he “dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch”, “what teeth he had were yellow and rotten”, and “he drooled most of the time” (16 Lee). Perhaps them acting out his life is a way to try on his skin, but the description of Arthur or Boo Radley contributes to the children’s fear of him

Atticus Finch greatly influenced Scout's compassion by teaching her to look at life from another point of view. Atticus began to teach Scout at an early age not to judge others hastily and to understand the others' motivations and actions. “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.” (Lee 30) For instance, Scout's view of Boo Radley, a reclusive man, was changed by Attcius's non judgmental and respectful attitude towards his reclusive lifestyle. At first, Scout perceived Boo as a sort of monster, but eventually learns differently due to his subtle acts of kindness, and Atticus's example.

An individual’s perspective is the building block of their beliefs and values. Harper Lee’s book To Kill A Mockingbird demonstrates the idea that false beliefs are often the result of prejudice, and that life experiences allow an individual to form his own opinions and his own belief system. This is portrayed through the character development of the three children in the novel, Scout, Jem and Dill.

Scout struggles, with varying degrees of success, to put Atticus’s advice into practice and to live with understanding toward others. She doesn’t turn away from Walter Cunningham Jr. just because he is poor and made her get in trouble. At the end of the book, Scout succeeds in comprehending Boo Radley’s perspective. After she drops him off at his house, Scout takes a moment to survey the rest of the world from the Radley porch. “...Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.” Scout imagines many of the events of the story (Atticus shooting the mad dog, the children finding Boo’s presents in the oak tree) as they must have looked to Boo. She finally realizes the love and protection that he has silently offered her and Jem from the beginning.

In part one of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the reader is introduced to Scout, the narrator of the book, her family and other members of the community in which she lives. Scout and her older brother Jem are the children of Atticus Finch, a lawyer in Maycomb County, Alabama during the Great Depression. Scout and Jem meet Dill, a boy spending the summer with his Aunt Rachel. He is between Scout and Jem’s age and becomes a great friend and playmate. He, like Scout and Jem are enjoying the freedom of no school, using their imagination inventing, and playing games throughout the summer. Next door to Scout and Jem, lives a very curious individual whom they have never seen but heard rumors about. This individual has been kept isolated by his father because of some innocent pranks he was involved in over fifteen years ago. Arthur “Boo” Radley is a young man rumored to be root of all evil in the small town of Maycomb. Curiosity is a theme repeated throughout part one as the Scout, Jem, and Dill desire to know or learn more about life and Boo Radley.

Scout sees Jem, Dill, as well as herself playing, going to school, and growing up to be mature and respectful individuals. Scout puts herself in Boo Radley’s shoes and this gives her an understanding of how his small, lonely world is like. Scout expresses empathy for Boo Radley, who got to learn of laughter and joy through herself, Jem and

In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird Scout is an example of a character whose coming-of-age process involves gaining a different perspective. Scout got a new perspective on the black community. According to Lee,“The colored balcony ran along three walls of the courtroom like a second story veranda and from it we could see everything,”(219). Scout sat among the black community and saw everything the way they do. Scout saw thing the way Boo would from his window. Scout was near his window;“Winter and his children shivered at front gates, silhouettes against a blazing house…”(Lee, 374).When Scout is on the Radley porch, she gains the perspective Boo had throughout the book, and she fully understands his actions by doing this.

    In chapter 31 Scout is realizing that the rumor about Boo and how everybody described him wasn’t as she imagined. The novel states “When they finally saw him, why he hadn’t done any of those things...Atticus he was real nice...His hands were underneath my chin, pulling up the cover, tucking it around me. Most people are Scout, when you finally see them” (Lee 323). In other words people shouldn’t believe what other people say about a person until you have met them.  After Scout put aside those things, she finally saw and got to know him for who he really was, she considered him as a heart kinded man. This is important because  if you do believe what people say you might miss out on the opportunity to make a new friend or role model because you don’t understand that person. In addition,  in chapter 3 Scout’s father is explaining how to along with others better by  considering their point of view.  The text states “First of all,” he said if you learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...until you climb into their skin and walk around in it”(Lee 39). In other words, it isn’t until you truly put yourself in someone else’s position that you will be able to understand what that person has been going though. This illustrates the importance of considering others perspectives and a willingness to be open minded about their

In both the text “To Kill a Mockingbird” written by Harper Lee and the film “A Time to Kill” directed by Joel Schumacher, similar ideas are presented using language devices and stylistic features in differing ways to appeal to their target audience. Each have very similar storylines in which a white lawyer defends a an African-American in a prejudiced court case. Racism is a key idea presented strongly in each due to the eras they are set in. The era and country set in each story provide a strong base for the prominent issue. With the unpleasant happenings in each text and through the racist acts the idea of compassion shines through. As well as compassion being a significant idea, forgiveness is also presented through the racists acts.

Harper Lee uses her novel to teach us important lessons from the characters presented in To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus, a fair and moral character, whose parenting style is unique, lined with honest and example, teaches us to follow his ways. Scout, an innocent girl who teaches us what’s important in life. Tom Robinson, someone who is ostracized for being African American, can teach us the importance of equal treatment and awakens us to our surrounding society. Lee’s construction of characters gives us perspective to issues in our society today, how they still matter and what we can learn from the novel such as compassion, justice and understanding.