Theme Of Empathy In To Kill A Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird Analysis

To kill a mockingbird holds many messages in regards to the equality among all people, These messages are communicated through the experiences that the children go through whilst growing up. Throughout the novel, as the children grow up the country; America is also growing, maturing and learning what exactly it means to be equal. The events that the children experience in Maycomb county Alabama lead them to see the world in a different light, these experiences make the children see that the world is not black and white and that society's perception of the world and what is right may be flawed but ultimately, what this novel is trying to communicate to the readers is sympathy and the understanding or empathy of and toward others.

. . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (39). What Atticus is telling Scout is that you can not judge someone until you have been through what they have been through. This simple advice that Atticus gave to scout in chapter 3 when she was complaining about her teacher and going to school, is what governs Scouts growth and development throughout the novel, this is what teaches scout to live with sympathy and understanding toward others i.e Boo radley and also the Negro community. This advice was given to Scout in the beginning chapters of the novel and has propelled her growth as a person throughout the course of the novel as well.

As the novel progresses Scout starts to take Atticus’s advice to heart and starts to realize that what he had said to her was entirely true. This realization wraps the book up and really demonstrates how Scout grew as a