My Perspective Change In To Kill A Mockingbird

Scout and Jem’s decisions were impacted greatly by how much Atticus has taught them. The methods he uses to bring them up are differ greatly, and give his children a very different set of beliefs than the majority of the people of Maycomb. For example, he teaches them about empathy, a ‘skill’ that much of the community does not know. “You can never really understand a person... until you climb into their skin and walk around in it” (39). Atticus teaches his kids how to empathize with someone, giving them an ideal to live by. As a child grows up, a lot of times they inherit their parent’s belief system as well. He will continue his open-,minded accepting attitude into his children, and their future decisions will be affected greatly by Atticus’s

Many people see Atticus’ teachings or method for upbringing as being ‘wrong’, nonetheless little do they know what the outcomes the kids are having. Having people like Atticus and Calpurnia quite involved in their lives, even people like Aunt Alexandra help to build a sense of morality. These morals are built around who and what they are exposed to, and as Jem and Scout grow up, they seem to learn more about the world and about how people aren’t always as good as they thought that they were. However they also realise that most people are good. This is what they learn to realise not everything is as it seems or made out to be. A classic example is Boo Radley. To the kids, he was made out to be a terrible person, when ironically he was the one that saved them from evil. Arguably this wouldn’t have been possible or have happened if Atticus hadn’t given the kids as much freedom as they had, and then the kids would have still been numb to the idea of questioning things and would have just taken someone’s word for

Atticus is telling Scout that we need to love everyone, and that when people say derogatory things to others, it is really a reflection upon themselves. As this story advances, Jem and Scout progressively become more aware of the influence of race and prejudice in their sleepy town. Their innocence is being challenged by the dogma of the townsfolk. As this awakening back to happen, they asked questions of their father.

Scout described Atticus as being feeble, old, and boring. She talks about Atticus not doing any of the thing her classmates fathers do, such as playing poker, hunting, or drinking. One day in the winter Atticus surprises Jem and Scout changing their opinions of him. When a rabid dog was walking up the street towards their house Atticus shot and killed him. Scout had never seen her father shoot before and was shocked by his practiced ease.

Courage “The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.” – John Green This quote describes having courage in life so well. A labyrinth is a maze and so is life, we don’t know where we are going nor do we know the future but having the courage to even try and figure out what we are doing with ourselves is unbelievable.

Atticus is a wise father and helps his children accept people no matter how they look or act. This is evident when he says “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.” (Lee 33). Throughout the novel, Jem and Scout mature at different paces. Atticus guides his children as they begin to grow and mature. “It ain’t right, Atticus,” said Jem.” “No son, It’s not right.” (Lee 243). When Atticus lost the case, Jem expressed how he felt. He had tears on his face. Here was a turning point for Jem because he was old enough to understand the case. Atticus comforted him and agreed it was not right. Atticus shows affection towards his children when they saved him from trouble with “the mob”. “As they passed under a streetlight, Atticus reached out and massaged Jem’s hair, his one gesture of affection.” (Lee 176). At first, Atticus may have been frustrated with his children being at the office. Then, their innocence saved him. Atticus has many characteristics and is a loving father. Atticus displays a valuable lesson about equality and fairness for his children.

Jem and Scout’s actions clearly illustrate the embarrassment they have for their father’s age and hobbies. Jem wishes desperately that Atticus would do things the other fathers did and is embarrassed to be watching the game with his father who refuses to play. Later in the chapter however the children’s view changes from embarrassment to admiration. When a rabid dog gets loose around the neighborhood, Atticus shoots it with incredible accuracy and talent. As Miss Maudie explains, Atticus had the best marksmanship out of anyone when he was growing up.

Jem , AND Scout both change for the good, because of what they learned from Atticus. These changes happend ,because of the courage ,and audacity Atticus had shown the kids, and the town of Maycomb . For example throught Atticus’s time in defending Tom, he takes the time to teach his kids ”fight with your own head instead of using your fists.” This statment shaped both Scout ,and Jem by changing them to not be violent ,and physical, but to smart ,and witty .Another way Atticus changed Jem ,and Scout is by shooting the disturbed dog with one shot . This showed both of Atticus’s kids that he is not the “feeble father” they thought he was. Instead he is known as “ One shot finch”. After this Scout wants to go tell all of her friends at school

As Jem and Scout grow up, they learn how to empathize other people and why showing empathy is very important. Atticus takes the major role of teaching Jem and Scout

An individual’s perspective is the building block of their beliefs and values. Harper Lee’s book To Kill A Mockingbird demonstrates the idea that false beliefs are often the result of prejudice, and that life experiences allow an individual to form his own opinions and his own belief system. This is portrayed through the character development of the three children in the novel, Scout, Jem and Dill.

The world is hard to see from another perspective than just our own. People see and feel what happens in their lives. When Scout sees the world, she sees it in black or white. She has never been taught to look at the world from a grey perspective. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout is taught many lessons, and she learns much about the world outside of her own.

Have you went a long time without seeing a family member? It is amazing how much they change from one time to another. They grow tremendously throughout their lives. That same thing happened to Jem and Scout in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. Jem and Scout have changed in many ways throughout the novel.

In Scout and Jem’s eyes, Atticus is lame and old. “He did not do the things our schoolmates’ fathers did: he never went hunting, he did not play poker or fish or drink or smoke. He sat in the livingroom and read” (118). Jem and Scout’s thoughts about their father are always the same until the mad dog incident. Atticus had been given the chance to

This knowledge leads Atticus to want his children to search out and respect the dignity of all human beings, and as a result of his actions this changes Jem’s and Scout’s attitudes and

Many ideas change with time. Including, how races interact with each other. Race relations changed between the 20th and 21st century. A couple of prime examples of change are The Scottsboro Trials, Emmett Till Murder Trial, Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird, and The George Zimmerman Trial. Now as the thought of how race interactions happened have changed. The world today and it events prior to it have shaped how people interact. In history, we have always had a problem with race. Race may be a small thing to think of ,but it always can be found right in front of our eyes.