Question

Atticus said, "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."

Put this quote into your own words, using 1 complete sentence. (1 point)
Relate Atticus's statement to chapters 1-3 and the way in which this quote relates to ONE of the characters thus far. You must include one clear example from within the text to support your response. (3 points)

Answer 1

Atticus's advice to "climb into someone's skin and walk around in it" means that compassion is based on sympathy, on being able to put yourself in the other person's place and understand why they act the way they do even if you don't agree with it.

In Chapter 3 of To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus provides fatherly wisdom. In this case, he's trying to tell Scout that Miss Caroline (her teacher) was probably just trying to do her best in a new place, whose ways she doesn't yet understand.