I don't have your version of the book, but I can give you
the quotes and the chapters. They should not be too hard to
find.
CHAPTER THREE
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.
This is a coming of age
story, and Scout is learning that it is difficult to understand other peoples' lives and
behaviors unless you are in a similar situation. It is a comment upon the judgmental
nature of humanity. Life is about understanding, and Scout is learning this lesson
here.
CHAPTER 10
'Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.'
That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I
asked Miss Maudie about it.
'Your father’s
right,' she said. Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They
don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing
their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a
mockingbird.'
Scout has
learned that her father is very cautious in what he calls a sin. When she hears this
said, she knows it must be true. She learns through this example, that some people do
not cause any harm to another person or to society. However, that does not stop people
from picking on them or abusing them. She draws a parallel to racism here. Tom
Robinson has never done anyone any harm, yet he has been singled out for no reason by a
white family. She learns acceptance from this
experience.
CHAPTER !!
The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule
is a person’s
conscience.
Here Scout is
learning the importance of making decisions as an individual based upon her own morals
and values instead of following the group and being influenced by what others do.
Clearly the white majority wants to convict Tom Robinson. However, Scout has learned
that people really only have to answer to themselves, not
others.
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