TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

THEME

FIRST QUOTE

• "...and I had put ourselves in her shoes
• we'd have seen that it was an honest
• mistake on her part."

FIRST QUOTE (CONTINUED)

• Scout put herself in Miss Caroline's shoes
• and realized why she made her mistake.
• This represents the theme because Scout had
• to put herself in Miss Caroline's place (shoes)
• to understand why she did what she did.

SECOND QUOTE

• "As Atticus once advised me to do,
• I tried to climb into Jem's skin and
• walk around in it;..."

SECOND QUOTE (CONTINUED)

• Scout put herself in Jem's shoes and understood why he was
• acting the way he was and how she should treat him.
• This is an example of the theme because Scout put herself
• in Jem's place (shoes) and understood why he wasn't
• acting normal.

THIRD QUOTE

• "You're real nice, Uncle Jack an' I reckon
• I love you even after what you did, but you
• don't understand children much."

THIRD QUOTE (CONTINUED)

• Scout put herself in Uncle Jack's shoes
• and understood why he did what he did.
• This is an example of the theme because
• Scout put herself in Uncle Jack's place (shoes)
• understood why he treated her the way he did.

FOURTH QUOTE

• "Don't say anything about it Scout...
• I reckon if he wanted us to know it,
• he'da told us."

FOURTH QUOTE (CONTINUED)

• Jem put himself in Atticus's shoes and understood that Atticus
• probably didn't want them to tell their friends about what he did.
• This is an example of the theme because Jem put himself
• in Atticus's place (shoes) and understood that Atticus didn't
• want them telling their friends that he shot a dog.