In the story by Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout matures throughout the story as she learns many morals and new values through experience and practice. To grow into the person Scout became by the end of the book, it wouldn’t have happened without Atticus Calpurnia and all their friends, family and neighbors. She observes behavior that quite often bewilders her, as she goes through a series of maturing experiences. She begins to comprehend that not all people act, or have the same beliefs as her. As she grew she started to think about other people's perspective, putting herself in their shoes. She’d learned this from her father at the start of the book. “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.” (Lee 30) Through compassion and sympathy with others she’s had a better understanding of their perspective. Scout learns compassion and sympathy through a few events; …show more content…
For instance, Mrs.Dubose appeared to be a vindictive, mean old lady who lived at the end of the street, but as Scout got to know her better her perceptive changed. She realizes how courageous the old lady was when she learns from her father of her bitter fight to overcome her morphine addiction. Atticus said,”she said she was going to leave this world beholden to nothing and nobody. When you’re sick as she was, it’s alright to take anything to make it easier, but it wasn’t all right for her. She said she meant to break herself of it before she died, and that’s what she did.”(Lee 148). Through this experience, Scout learned to be more sympathetic and compassionate because Mrs. Dubose showed extreme strength. Scout finally discovered Mrs. Dubose’s point of view and this was crucial in Scout gaining more compassion. Another influential woman in Scout’s life was Miss.