Perhaps the best example of Scout benefiting others comes
            at the end of To Kill a Mockingbird. After the attack by Bob Ewell
            and his death at the hands of Boo Radley, Sheriff Tate has a decision to make: Should he
            tell the truth and begin an investigation (which will implicate Boo and bring him into
            the "limelight")? Or should he simply call Bob's death one of self-infliction? Tate
            humanely chooses the second option, and Scout agrees with it. She tells Atticus that
            investigating Boo would
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"... be sort of like shootin' a mockingbird,
            wouldn't it?"
Scout then
            escorts Boo back to his front porch, where she sees him safely inside. She takes a long
            look over her neighborhood, pretending to see things throught Boo's eyes, standing in
            his shoes. In doing so, she better understands Boo and his mysterious
            conduct.
The other obvious example of Scout's benefit to
            others comes when she intervenes between Atticus and the lynch mob at the jail. Things
            look bad for Tom (and possibly Atticus) until her innocent conversation with Mr.
            Cunningham humbles the men, who decide to abandon their murderous mission. Scout's
            intervention saves Tom's life and keeps her father from taking a beating at the hands of
            the men.
 
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