To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a great book that really has a lot of great moments. A brief summary of chapters 1-6 is the narrator’s brother Jim breaks his arm and we are introduced to Jem and Dill. They have a scary neighbor named Boo Radley and Dill tries to get Boo to come outside from his house. The school year then starts and Scout hates it and has bad experiences there. Jill then cones and they then go to Radley’s house where warning shots are fired with a shotgun. I think the best quote in the book so far is “You never really understand until you consider his point of view… until you climb in his skin and you walk around in it.”
This quote occurs when Scout judges Walter for putting so much syrup on his food. Calpurnia immediately gets mad at Scout and end up hitting her. She then doesn't want Atticus to read to her because her day at school was …show more content…
The traditional saying is to be in someone shoes but Atticus takes it one step further. Instead of shoes he says skin. This is saying to really understand someone's perspective you don't just think about their perspective you really internalize it. You think what that they would think and everything in between to really understand where they're coming from. You need to actually feel where they're coming from. To me this kind of is fitting for the book because if you dig deeper it fits the topic of racism. Walter is black and Scout treat him different not only because of that but it might play a factor in it. Atticus want Scout to kind of be able to see the struggles of different kinds of people not just yourself. This is not limited to people of different skin color and he wanted her to know that. This is relevant today because everyone interacts with different people and being able to understand others is very important. This advice is universal, anyone can learn from it and perspective is
This quote occurs when Scout judges Walter for putting so much syrup on his food. Calpurnia immediately gets mad at Scout and end up hitting her. She then doesn't want Atticus to read to her because her day at school was …show more content…
The traditional saying is to be in someone shoes but Atticus takes it one step further. Instead of shoes he says skin. This is saying to really understand someone's perspective you don't just think about their perspective you really internalize it. You think what that they would think and everything in between to really understand where they're coming from. You need to actually feel where they're coming from. To me this kind of is fitting for the book because if you dig deeper it fits the topic of racism. Walter is black and Scout treat him different not only because of that but it might play a factor in it. Atticus want Scout to kind of be able to see the struggles of different kinds of people not just yourself. This is not limited to people of different skin color and he wanted her to know that. This is relevant today because everyone interacts with different people and being able to understand others is very important. This advice is universal, anyone can learn from it and perspective is