THEME EXPLORATIONS

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• Before you can judge someone else, he/she
• must walk a mile in his shoes.

PG.33

• "You never really understand someone
• until you consider things from his
• point of view...until you climb into
• his skin and walk around in it."

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• When Atticus is saying this to Scout about Miss Caroline,
• he is saying that Scout can't judge Miss Caroline until she
• is in her place because she doesn't know the Maycomb
• ways yet.

PG. 27

• "Don't matter who they are they are, anybody sets foot in this
• house's yo' comp'ny, and don't you let me catch you remarkin'
• on their ways like you was so high and mighty!"

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• Calpurnia is telling Scout to not judge
• the Cunninghams because Scout has never
• been in Walter's place and that doesn't
• make her any better than them.

PG.121

• "Jem, she's old and ill. You can't hold her
• responsible for what she says or does."

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• Atticus is telling Jem that he can't hold
• Mrs. Dubose responsible for her actions
• because he hasn't been in her place and doesn't
• know what she's going through.

PG.49

• "Author Radley just stays in the house
• that's all...wouldn't you stay in the house
• if you didn't want to come out?"

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• Miss Maudie is putting Scout in
• Author's shoes to see things in his perspective
• and to help her see why Author doesn't want to
• come out.

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• I got all of the quotes in this presentation
• from "To Kill A Mockingbird".