Kill a Mockingbird Learning Empathy: Essay

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Scout initially fears "Boo" Radley based on his race and his seclusion, "You never understand a person until you consider things from his point-of-view until you climb into his skin and walk around in," (Lee 62). Yet, once she can begin to "climb" into other people's skin, she understands the error of her ways. Eventually she and her brother begin to slowly understand Boo as an affectionate person rather than one to be feared. He had begun initial communication with the children by presenting them gifts, yet still refused to come out of his reclusion, "Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives. But neighbors give in return. We never put back into the tree what we took out of it; we had given him nothing, and it made me sad," (Lee 39). In the end, it is Boo who saves Scout and her brother from the abuse caused by Bob Ewell, the father of the daughter accusing Robinson of raping her. Ewell drunkenly attacks the children and seriously injures Jem, Scout's brother. Seeing this take place in front of his house, Boo comes to the children's rescue. This selfless act makes Scout feel sorry for never thanking or repaying Boo for all of his gifts he had given to the children, fully bringing about her compassionate consideration for the lives of others and their own unique points-of-views.

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As she learns to understand others and see various points of life from different perspectives, she then she also sees the harm others do to Boo by falling prey into society's prejudices. She understands that this behavior is wrong and takes actions to stop it in both her own life and the lives of others. When a lynch mob comes to kill Robinson without a fair trial, Scout stands up against them and shames them for their bigot and unjustified racial rage. This shows a complete transformation from the selfish girl to the Scout who can feel empathy towards the positions of others and what they are forced to deal with based on the prejudices society places against them. Although justice fails within the context of the novel, there is still hop is Scout's realization of understanding others rather than fearing them. In the end, Scout dynamically changes the nature of her behavior as a result of finally breaking through her selfish ways and seeing life from another's perspective.

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