atticus is always saying that to get to know a person you have to "walk around in their skin." how does this help jem and scout understand 3 characters in the book? like when atticus says "walk around in their skin" who does he mean and how do his kids take that lesson and understand people?
ughhhhhhhhhh i don't think im making this question very clear. hopefully you know what i mean!
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2007-06-12 02:25:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
who does atticus tell this to scout and jem in reference to? who does he want them to understand better?
2007-06-12 02:36:49 · update #1
When Atticus first says this, he's talking about Boo Radley. He wants the kids to try to understand why he acts the way he does so they will let the man have some peace. He repeats the feeling when talking about Mrs. duBose. The kids don't realize that she's so nasty because she's in pain dying of cancer. The same lesson is repeated when refering to Tom Robinson's being in a no-win situation being black and accused of raping a white woman. Scout can't understand either Walter Cunningham at the beginning of the book, but has learned her lessons well by the time she meets Boo face to face.
2007-06-12 03:06:15 · answer #1 · answered by jack of all trades 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is used in reference to Arthur Radley because everybody makes up stories about him. Eating squirrels and cats, so on and so forth. Atticus did not approve of Scout or Jem believing the stories that the townspeople had said about him, therefore he told them to walk in someone's skin before they judged them. He asked them "Walk in their skin for a while, how would you feel if you were in their situation?"
2007-06-14 19:30:52 · answer #2 · answered by mothermayhem 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To walk around in their skin is to try to be that person and feel what he/she feels. It helped jem and scout to understand people are people no lessor or better . Just recalling the book some, I think Atticus is referring to Tom the black man falsely accused of rape. Just because he is black.
2007-06-12 10:09:19 · answer #3 · answered by ruth4526 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, three people who I can see him referring to Boo Radley, of course, shut up in his old house and everything, Mrs. Dubois, I think that's her name, the old lady who was always yelling at them, and also Mayella Ewell, or Tom Robinson. Atticus's advice helped the kids understand all these people better.
2007-06-12 10:12:17 · answer #4 · answered by Ewaj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think when atticus says so he means about the Radley's.I may not be right.But I am half way through this book(i am reading it now)...
2007-06-12 09:33:41 · answer #5 · answered by Addy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"walk around in their skin" is like similar of "To be on his shoes"
How one person will feel if he gets in someones perspective.
example: how does Scout feel when she is on Boo Radleys shoes.
2007-06-12 10:05:02 · answer #6 · answered by philadelphia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means you have 2 walk in their shoes to help jem and scout understand wat everyone is goin through [i read the book]
2007-06-12 09:34:44 · answer #7 · answered by college1993 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
boo radley, and most other people in the town...trying to teach them empathy
2007-06-12 09:38:31 · answer #8 · answered by David B 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋