Scout demonstrates a lack of empathy by never comprehending the struggles others face. This is shown through the teacher’s misunderstandings of Walter’s situation‚ where as a result Scout beats him up. By never taking at hand Walters condition Scout is absent of empathy. Similarly Jem doesn’t always take into account others emotional trauma. Falsely advertising Boo Radley’s life story‚ Jem blatantly thinks he is a “monster” not trying to fathom the effects this might cause on Boo’s self-esteem. The
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town called Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ in the 1930s. Despite the whites treating the African Americans like subordinates‚ the townsfolk treat each other like family‚ with the exception of the Ewell family. In the beginning of the book Harper Lee illustrates empathy is learned through each character passing it on to each other as if it were a tradition. In one of the scenes where Scout(Jean Louise Finch) our protagonist has a confrontation with her teacher Miss Caroline ‚ Atticus gives her the most important
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Empathy is a quality many people value in others; in Maycomb county‚ many people show this. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee one main theme is empathy. C.In Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ racism is prevalent throughout the town. However‚ many people‚ like Miss. Maudie and as young as Scout‚ show empathy that leads to a more equal society. As Jem‚ Scout‚ and Dill become older‚ they become more empathetic. ‘"Have a chew‚ Scout.’ Jem dug into his pocket and extracted a Tootsie Roll. It took a few minutes to
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To Kill A Mockingbird Empathy You can’t just open a book and judge the story on the random chapter you happened to end up on‚ you start from the beginning and read the full story. Empathy is just like that. Empathy is like reading someone else’s story: being one with the characters and events and feeling the emotions of the main character‚ observing‚ listening‚ and understanding. When you read someone’s story is when the solution of racism and prejudices within communities is really possible
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around in it.” Of all the emotions‚ Empathy is the one emotion which determines how we react to our circumstances. Empathy influences‚ and will change a person for the good. These changes and influences are shown in Atticus‚ his children‚ and their acquaintances throughout the story. Empathy is the reason Atticus is Atticus‚ and without it he would be a different person altogether. People such as Bob Ewell make brash decisions due to their lack of empathy. Empathy by definition is “the feeling you
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Throughout to kill a mockingbird‚ Harper Lee communicates on numerous occasions the importance of compassion‚ as taught to jem and scout through the book‚ empathy is one of the most critical traits in a respectable human being. In the fictional town of Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ poverty is a common disease. Though poor‚ Scouts family is better off than most of the people in Maycomb. That includes the likes of walter cunningham‚ a son of a farming family that was hit hard by the depression. Scout learns her
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Dill Empathy Writing You know something? These past three years summers in Maycomb have been pretty amazing. The Finches have helped me learn a lot of things‚ and I only thought that being able to read was learning a lot! I can remember in the court room that Mr. Gilmer‚ the prosecutor in the Tom Robinson trial‚ was speaking horribly to Tom. It just made me sick and I started crying‚ so Scout took me out. But outside‚ we met Dolphus Raymond‚ who I thought was dangerous at first‚ but turned
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next step would be to put yourself in their shoes. Throughout Part 1 in To Kill A Mockingbird‚ this idea is shown in various scenarios‚ to prove that empathy is the solution to racism and prejudice. One of the ways the author‚ Harper Lee‚ had shown that empathy was the solution to racism and prejudice‚ was Jem and Scout was prejudice towards Ms. Dubose because of the way she acted towards them‚ but later on they showed empathy for her and she was no longer judged by them. “..We would be raked by her
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are. The earlier we learn these lessons‚ the more effective they are. Having the help of someone who already knows these lessons is helpful. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ a young‚ curious girl named Scout learns lessons and experiences that grow her into a better person. The first lesson Scout learns is empathy. Empathy is the act of putting yourself in other people’s shoes and seeing things from their perspective. Scout struggles to learn this lesson‚ but she masters it once
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Matthew Cox Mr. de Vries EN140-31 14 February 2012 To Kill a Mockingbird In the final courtroom scene in the movie “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ Atticus Finch is given the case of a lifetime when he gets the chance to defend Tom Robinson‚ a black man who is being falsely accused of raping a white woman in the 1930’s when inequality and racism was very prevalent during that time in the deep South. The odds he faces are terrible because he is defending an African American which during that time would
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