“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his points of view-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” says Atticus. Choose two people Jem and Scout learn to understand in the course of the novel and say thr

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"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his points of view-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it" says Atticus. Choose two people Jem and Scout learn to understand in the course of the novel and say through what experiences the children "climb into their skin".

In the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Jem and Scout learn to perceive situations from other peoples points of view. They develop this skill due to several events in the course of the novel. In this essay I will demonstrate how they make the transformation from their original innocent and limited understanding to a greater degree of comprehension.

The first character I will use to demonstrate this development is Boo Radley. When we first hear of Boo he is described as a monstrous entity that was a source of terror to Jem and Scout. However all they based their fear on was a single event in his early teens and gossip from Miss Stephanie. They fear him so much because they know so little about him. In their attempt to comprehend his view of the world more, which must have seemed strange to children who loved the outdoor life, they enacted little dramas of their own invention about what they thought the Radleys were like.
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They slowly come to the realisation that in reality Boo Radley is different from the gossip they have heard. This starts when they find the gifts in the tree, they first assume that someone hides their things there but conclude that someone left it there for them when no one else shows interest in taking any of it. Jem realises that it is Boo who puts the gifts there when they try to think of the possible artists who could have carved the two soap dolls.

There are several things that Boo does during the novel that ...

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