Lessons Scout Learns

Boring, slow and pointless are what many people think of the first 15 chapters in the novel ‘To Kill A Mocking Bird’. Well, I have news for you, without the first half of the novel we would not have been introduced and shown all the little details about Maycomb and the people in it. The novel introduces all the different themes needed in order to carry on into the second half of the novel. We explore key themes including race, determination, compassion, tolerance, respect, empathy and equality.

All of which are carried on throughout key events in the rest of the novel.

Chapter 3 explores the themes of tolerance, respect, and empathy.Which are all vital to the rest of the novel. In this chapter Scout learns valuable lessons about tolerating and respecting people and their ways, no matter how different or how much you disagree with them.This is shown in the quote, ‘He ain’t company, Cal, he’s just a Cunningham -‘ ‘Hush your mouth.

Don’t matter who they are.’” Here Scout learns that is doesn’t matter who a person is, you should always respect them, she tells Calpurnia that Walter is just a Cunningham, making him not company, but Calpurnia tells Scout that is doesn’t matter who he is, he is still company. This is important as this is then carried on into the rest of the novel, as it changes Scouts view on other people and changes her way of thinking. She also learns to have empathy for other people and not judge people.

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As shown in the quote

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“You never really understand a person until you see things from his point of view until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”

This example is a key lesson in the book. This lesson is putting yourself in someone else’s shoes, it teaches Scout to look past the surface and really understand who the person is and what they really are before judging them. This lesson is important as it again changes Scouts view and thinking, which therefore influences the course of e…