Discuss Examples Of Walking In Someone Else's Shoes

Throughout this journal, I will discuss examples of walking in someone else’s shoes. First off, one person that shows that people should walk in someone else’s shoes is the Ewell family. To begin, one way that the Ewell family are a prime example is because there are eight children in the Ewell family. Since the children do not have a mother, Mayella Ewell has to step forward to fill in the roll. Many people do not understand the stress that Mayella is under when taking care of seven other children. Many people consider her as pathetic and that she is a wuss for telling but, they do not understand that she has no life other than taking care of her siblings. Secondly, another explanation is that the children have no education and the father spends any money he gets
(Lee 30) The Ewells have never learned to behave in the outside society. Lastly, the Ewells are the poorest and dirtiest in the town because of the depression. The book is set in the 1930s which is the time of the Great Depression. During the Great Depression many people could not afford the simplest necessities like food and clean water. The Ewells are a prime example of this. They are one of the poorest families in Maycomb in where the children have to hunt for food in the off season because there father will not provide them with food. In addition, another main person to showing walking in someone else’s shoes is Tom Robinson. First, one way that people should walk in Tom’s shoes is because he would only be convicted because of his skin color. If a white man would have been tried for this offence many people would believe that he did not do it. Since Tom is black, whites automatically assume that he is the guilty one before even getting to know him as a person. Also, whites find it easier to blame their mistakes on blacks who feel like they cannot defend