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Throughout the Harper Lees story of To Kill A Mockingbird characters rush caseed through an other(prenominal) peoples views with varying amounts of success and failure. The characters learn, some better than others, what it is worry to look through the eyes of the guilty, the child, the poor, the outcast and the educated. Peoples billet of a situation may be different from a nonhers but by trying to see in another souls point of view, motives for their actions might become visible to an observer. When ignoring the bureau other people look at situations, a thought or public opinion of the other person may be incorrect. Acting on treacherously pretenses, made through not thinking from another persons point of view, could bring up negative consequences like prejudice thinking, imitation accusations and stereotypical thoughts. It is important for these ideas to get across the characters, as well as the reader.Looking through an angle other than a personal wiz, may be benefic ial to figure out another persons motives. Throughout the case of Mayella Ewell vs. Tom Robinson Atticus peers at what might have motivated Ms. Ewell to accuse Tom of something he did not do. Through this turn up examination Atticus was equal to find motive for Ms.Ewells actions. Ms. Ewell sits on the witness stand while Atticus questions her and at the end of his skeptical Atticus states I say guilt, gentlemen, because it was her guilt that motivated her. She has committed no crime she has merely broken a rigid and time reward code of our society, a code so severe that whoever breaks it is hounded from our midst as unfit to live with(203). When Atticus looked through the eyes of Mayella he was able to find that reason to blame Mr. Robinson, that reason was guilt. Atticus could hav... ... Burris Ewell and is taught the hard way on the Maycomb social ladder. Yet Scout also has a meritless day being punished by her teacher for explaining why Walter could not except Ms. Carolines money and being yelled at by Calpurnia for making fun of how Walter eats. So when Atticus tells Scout to ride into his skin and walk some in it she does and trys to look at things from Ms. Carolines point of view. Ms. Caroline learned something intimately Maycomb and if Walter and Scout put their selves into Ms. Carolines shoes then they would not have thought that she could learn all of Maycombs traditions in one day and that they could not hold her responsible for making mistakes because she has never cognise better(30). Scout complains about Ms. Caroline to Atticus to which Atticus gives the advice to walk around in the other persons shoes.