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“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it- Atticus Finch.” (Lee,###) Atticus Finch was a man who never said an ill spoken word in his life. He had an vast understanding of people and was metaphorically able to “climb inside of someone's skin and walk around in it.” He proves that there is such a thing as walking in someone else's shoes. Whenever people come up to him and insult him he always puts himself in their place and justifies their actions. He also is the only man in maycomb to be known as “the same in his house as he is on the public streets.” This shows that he is a man of incredibly high moral values. It is possible to metaphorically

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