She was the bravest person I ever knew.” – spoken by Atticus Finch in Ch. According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. Mrs Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. Many just don’t listen, and others just prefer to ignore that inner voice. The truth is is we even try just a little bit to see from the other person’s perspective, and then listen to our inner voice (that conscience), we’d likely know what to do.
The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” “Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. There are certain, very basic, truths of innocence and justice demand our attention–that is, if we have any sense of right and wrong at all! “Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird…” Other days, I think it’s a bit insane–to think that I can ever understand another’s point of view (we, as humans, get so convoluted!)
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Some days, I almost think I understand what Atticus is talking about, and I imagine that I might even get there–to an understanding of where they are coming from and how to “walk” in their shoes. “Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”
You never really understand a person until you consider things form his point of view” “First of all,” he said, “if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. He understands their humanity, nature, their fear and their hatred but he refuses to be cowed or broken down. And, the one righteous, worthy man in the town must take a stand against all the forces that stand against him.Ītticus understands where they are coming from.
At the outset of the novel, we hear that it’s “a time of vague optimism” and that the people “had nothing to fear but fear itself.” Then, fear, anger and prejudice–all take center-stage in the novel.
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