“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (pg 33) This is the advice Atticus gives Scout. How does she put his advice into practice during the novel?

In ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Scout, the narrator, tells the story from her point of view of herself as a young child. At many times she finds it difficult to understand people and their motivations. Her father, Atticus, plays a major role as her moral adviser whilst she is growing up. In the duration the book he teaches Scout that “you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” Throughout the novel Scout puts the advice into action with Boo Radley, Mrs Dubose, Mayella Ewell, Mr Dolphus Raymond and her brother, Jem.
At first Scout doesn’t understand Boo Radley she just thinks of Boo as a mysterious man who doesn’t get around much. As the novel progresses Scout discovers that Boo is more of a symbol of kindness and bravery than a freak of nature, which he is thought to be. At a time towards the end of the book Scout is “so accustomed to his absence”, that she, “found it ...