To Kill a Mockingbird quick help!! (quote from p. 3)?

Question

The quote, “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” (30). Who is he saying that about. in the first place. Is he telling her about Miss Caroline or Walter or both... . Thanx

sorry page (30) not 3

Answer 1

it could be about anyone. not just the character in the book. he's trying to teach you to understand others by putting yourself in their shoes

Answer 2

This important snippet of conversation from Chapter 3 finds Atticus giving Scout the crucial piece of moral advice that governs her development for the rest of the novel. The simple wisdom of Atticus’s words reflects the uncomplicated manner in which he guides himself by this sole principle. His ability to relate to his children is manifested in his restatement of this principle in terms that Scout can understand (“climb into his skin and walk around in it”). Scout struggles, with varying degrees of success, to put Atticus’s advice into practice and to live with sympathy and understanding toward others. At the end of the book, she succeeds in comprehending Boo Radley’s perspective, fulfilling Atticus’s advice in Chapter 3 and providing the novel with an optimistic ending despite the considerable darkness of the plot.
I thought that he was referring to Mrs Dubose and why she always seemed to be so nasty but his statement is a universal one and can be applied to all characters in the book.

Answer 3

I actually have not read the book, but from the movie (I apologize for displaying my ignorance by quoting from the movie), I gathered he was speaking of the elderly lady on the porch (I'm afraid I don't recall which she is).

Answer 4

Attacus Finch tells Scout that after she sees Boo Radley in Jem's bedroom after he carried him home after the Mr. Yewell tried to stab him, but ended up "falling" on his own knife.