To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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Atticus once said You never really know a man until you stand in

his shoes and walk around in them - Examine characters and relationships

in to kill a mockingbird, in order to illustrate this maxim!

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Atticus once said "You never really know a man until you stand in his

shoes and walk around in them"

Examine characters and relationships in to kill a mockingbird, in

order to illustrate this maxim!

I think Atticus is trying to say that you never really know a man

until you step in his shoes and do what he does. In the story there

are different relationships where characters do this. I think the

biggest relationship showing this is between brother and sister, Jem

and Scout Finch. Through out the whole story they will be together

doing things like playing with each other, helping each other and

exploring things with each other etc. Even on the first page when they

are talking to each other about the events leading up to Jem's broken

elbow to the last page where Scout is watching over Jem who is in bed

after his broken arm, they are always together even if it is Jem

watching over Scout at school or Scout helping Jem think of plans.

There are lots of examples in to kill a mockingbird where Jem and

Scout are together. The first real time Jem and Scout are together is

when they meet Charles Baker Harris and they start talking about

reading. "How old are you" asked Jem, "Four-and-a-half?" "Going on

seven" "Shoot no wonder, then" said Jem, jerking his thumb at me.

"Scout yonder has been reading ever since she was born, and she aint

even started to school yet" Here Jem is showing Scout off and showing

how proud that his sister has not started school yet but she can read.

When Charles B...

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...ything. That night Mr Cunningham and his crew come wanting to

hurt Tom but luckily for Tom, Atticus is there and Scout manages to

talk to Mr Cunningham and get them to leave. When the trial comes

Atticus tries his hardest to prove Tom is innocent. He tries different

way's and one is when he tells Bob Ewell to write some thing which he

does then Atticus asks which side of the face did Mayella get hit on.

Atticus makes it so that he catches out Bob. Atticus then asks Tom to

come up and asks him to pickup a glass fully knowing he can't. This

shows signs that it was not Tom who committed the rape but someone

else. Even though Atticus proves this the Jury still finds Tom guilty

of rape obviously because he is black and Bob Ewell is white. I think

these are the main relationships in to kill a mockingbird, but there

are also more but which are no way near as big.

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