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    Empathy Empathy is the ability to share in or understand other‘s emotions and feelings. It is the term of emotional understanding and a special skill for individuals. This skill requires people to look at things from other people’s views.  Harper Lee shows the importance of empathy in “ To Kill A Mockingbird”. This spirit can been seen in Atticus’s ways of preventing prejudice and racism. It also has been displayed in children’s thoughts and their compassion to peers. The unique quality of empathy

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    “Traits like… empathy are easily overlooked- but it’s immensely important to find them in your closest relationships.” (Laura Linney) Many characters in To Kill A Mockingbird showed empathy but there was one who showed the most. To Kill A Mockingbird took place in Alabama during the Great Depression. Told by a woman named Scout remembering her childhood. Scout‚ her older brother Jem‚ their father Atticus and the rest of their town were deeply influenced by the world around them. Jem demonstrated

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    demonstrating empathy for others. By definition‚ empathy means the ability to understand and share the feelings of one another. That is to say‚ empathy builds connections between people and makes society more prone to help each other. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee protagonist Atticus Finch demonstrates empathy towards Maycomb’s African Americans and less fortunate. As a matter of fact‚ Atticus’ empathetic skills taught his children Scout and Jem to demonstrate empathy towards others

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    Learning empathy is one of the major parts of growing up. It’s a way of seeing the world through the eyes of other people and understanding their point of view. Empathy is one of the main themes in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ in which a girl named Scout grows up in a small southern town. Scout discovers a lot of things as she matures‚ including the needless cruelty of the world and that everything isn’t always what it seems at first. She also figures out the concept of empathy for herself

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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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    Compassion. Empathy. Understanding. As Atticus stated in "To Kill a Mockingbird‚" "You never really understand a person until...you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." A major theme in the novel is gaining the ability to see from the viewpoints of others who are different from you‚ and no scene illustrates this better than in Chapter 31 when Scout walks Boo Radley home. All during the novel‚ Scout and Jem could not understand the motivation behind the actions of their neighbor‚ Boo

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    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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    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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    Miss Maudie Atkinson Upon reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ I discovered that there are many different characters that require attention. While getting to know all about these characters‚ I began to try and relate myself to them. All the main ones‚ such as Atticus‚ Jem and Scout‚ are easier to relate to due to their huge part of this novel. There are many other characters that have a very large impact on this book that do not get enough praise as deserved. One of these people is Miss

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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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