Tuesday, May 14, 2013

When Scout is on Boo's porch, what does she recall from To Kill a Mockingbird?

Scout looks back on the eventful two years that encompasses
To Kill a Mockingbird--two years in which she has grown up considerably and
learned many things about herself and the little world around her. From Boo's porch, she sees her
neighborhood in a different light--both literally and metaphorically. She returns to her younger
days, when the neighborhood is a happy and uncomplicated place, where she--now, standing in Boo's
skin and seeing through Boo's eyes--pictures Atticus returning from work and she and Jem running
to meet him. She pictures Jem and Dill playing their fantasy games about Boo. She sees herself
and Jem playing (and fighting) in front of Mrs. Dubose's house. She sees herself stopping at the
oak tree which once housed the secret knothole. She sees Miss Maudie's house afire, and a mad dog
shot in the street. Now, they are Boo's children that she sees, and Boo's neighbors. At last, she
understand's Atticus's message that one needs to step into another person's shoes to see things
from their perspective.

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