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There are many situations where the community knows something that an outsider doesn't. It is important to take into consideration how an outsider feels, they might not know what the community knows and it is important to inform them. For example, if a family member just married someone else and they invite them to family game night, they won't know the traditions. If your family has special rules for a game or even a game of your own you should tell the new family member so they don't feel left out.

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Atticus teaches Scout an important life lesson with this conversation. There are a lot of rules in the world and if everyone followed these rules, life would not be what it is supposed to be. For example, if Dill and Jem had strictly followed Atticus' rules during the summer, they wouldn't have had a lot of fun playing the Radley performance. Sometimes it is better to bend the rules when it is necessary.

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Scout and Jem are kids and they love to play outside. They will occasionally snag a fruit off of the neighbor's tree or in Scout's case, take some gum from a hole in the tree. Taking money from that tree is different, this money has actual worth to someone. The kids don't want to take something that someone cares about but they also don't want someone else to get it. They make an ethical decision and choose to try and find the owner when school starts again. It is important to thoroughly assess a situation so that you can make an ethical decision.

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Atticus teaches Scout a very important lesson after she asks to leave school. Her teacher might have done some things wrong but those actions can be justified. If Scout thinks about how Miss Caroline feels she might realize that she doesn't know anyone in Maycomb, and she is trying to introduce a new teaching style and is possibly under a lot of stress.

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Scout forms special connections with adults throughout the story. These connections are very important as she feels comfortable with them and it is helpful to be around people who know more than you. Scout can ask Miss Maudie about things she misunderstands so that she can get an answer that is close to the truth.

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The universal truth learned from the first five chapters in this book is to always analyze your situation. There can be exceptions based on the circumstances, and you have to think about your decisions before you make them. As long as you are thoughtful and observant, your decisions will positively impact the world around you.

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All of these life lessons can be applied to real life.

You should always make ethical decisions no matter what situation you are in. Always make sure you are making the best possible decision before you act. It can sometimes be tempting to make the choice that benefits you the most but that is not always the right choice.

There are many times in life when you must bend the rules. The rules do not apply to every single possible situation that could ever occur, they only apply as a general guideline. For example, a general rule in life is to never lie. In some situations it is important to lie so that someone else's life can be better, take into account parents, they tell their kids about a magical figure named Santa, this is a lie but the kids love it and it makes their lives better.

The final, and most important life lesson is empathy. It is very important to think about what other people are feeling and take that into consideration when making decisions. Everybody has different lives and feelings, there are many things that we can say that might hurt their feelings. Think about how they feel and how what you are going to say will make the feel before you say something.

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Atticus had a less common form of parenting his children. He would make sure the kids were content and happy and if they were he would go no farther. Whenever something was wrong he would immediately help out and solve the problem. He helped teach the kids important lessons and guided them to success. He shared his wisdom by reading with the kids and teaching them important skills early in their life. Atticus is very smart because if his kids are happy he doesn't want to mess that up, some parents in that same situation would interfere and ruin things.

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"Jem and I found our father satisfactory: he played with us, read to us, and treated us with curious detachment." - Scout, Pg. 6

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"'Miss Maudie,' I said one evening, 'do you think Boo Radley's still alive?'" -Scout, Pg. 57

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"Plucking an occasional camellia, getting a squirt of hot milk from Miss Maudie Atkinson's cow on a summer day, helping ourselves to someone's scuppernongs was part of our ethical culture, but money was different." - Scout, Pg. 47

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"I thought I had made things sufficiently clear. It was clear enough to the rest of us: Walter Cunningham was sitting there lying his head off." - Scout, Pg. 26

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"'Sometimes it's better to bend the law a little in special cases. In your case, the law remains rigid.'" -Atticus, Pg. 40

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“‘You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view—’ ‘Sir?’ ‘—until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.’” -Atticus, Pg. 39