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Friday, March 13, 2009
Others Shoes
Atticus tells the children several times that they need to walk in someone else's shoes before judging the person. Describe times when Atticus, Scout, or Jem walk in someone else's shoes. How does this change how they view the situations? What rold does this advice play in sympathy and compassion?
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I think telling your kids to walk in someones shoes before you judge them is the best advice. If we try to think of why someone does something or what they may be going through we will be a lot slower to judge.
Also, we can't ever fully know what it is like in those shoes so if we really think about it, we should never judge. Does that make sense?
The kids walk in Cal's shoes when they go to church with her and they are able to understand a group of people they are usually segregated from.
They walk in Boo's shoes and understand why he hides.
Scout walks in Dolphus Raymonds shoes as she learns about why he hides behind a bottle of coke.
I think they actually at least try on everyone's shoes in the whole town at some point. Maybe not Bob Ewell but everyone else.
I think it is great advice. Sometimes we forget to do this but when you really stop yourself and remind yourself to do it... it can change you so much.
Until you walk in someone elses shoes you don;t really take the time to observe and understand what makes them who they are and the experiences they have been through or are going through. It is important to do that in order to appreciate a person and learn from that person or to at least have a better understanding of who they are and why they do what they do. Julie gave good descriptions of how Scout, Jem, and Dill learned these lessons...and what they found out about people that they never knew before.
Great comments! Being willing to walk in someone else's shoes means being willing to admit that you were wrong, or too judgmental and critical. It is great advice, and humbling.
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