You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. Choose 2 such people that Scout & Jem learn from, and through what experiences.

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To Kill A Mockingbird: Learning Experiences 22nd February 2001

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. Choose 2 such people that Scout & Jem learn from, and through what experiences.

Throughout the story the children learn a lot in life from their surroundings and the things that go on in the town of Maycomb. Through both the children's childhoods Atticus taught them a lot about the way things are in life and they both looked up to him and learned from him. There were other characters that Scout and Jem learned from in the book, the experiences not necessarily during the best circumstances but they were valuable in the up bringing of the children.

One of the major experiences in the childhoods of Jem and Scout was when as a punishment for destroying Mrs Dubose's garden Jem was told he had to go over to her house and read to her. Scout went along with Jem to the reading sessions, which lasted just over a month. During these reading sessions Mrs Dubose would call Atticus for nearly every bad name under the sun and would make fun of the Finch family. Jem would lose his temper at first and try to fight back against the aged Mrs Dubose and he would complain to Atticus about her. Whilst the children were at the house reading to Mrs Dubose after a length of time she seemed to be far away and would then have a fit, which was when the children would leave and Jessie, the nurse, would take charge. Jem learned to control his temper later and wouldn't give Mrs Dubose what she wanted, an argument.
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Scout realised that every day they had been staying a little longer and Mrs Dubose's fits would take longer to materialise. After they had finished reading to her Jem and Scout went through the spring without hearing from or seeing Mrs Dubose again until one night Atticus was called to her house and when he returned he told the children of her death. The children learned that Mrs Dubose had been a morphine addict and before she died had wanted to come clean so she would be free of sin when she died. Jem and Scout may not ...

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