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Harper Lee Believes that respect goes both ways.
"Long's he keeps on callin' me ma'am an sayin' Miss Mayella. I don't haft take his sass, I ain't called upon it" (243).
"Atticus didn't bat an eye, just took out his handkerchief and stood there and wiped his face and let Mr. Ewell call him names even wild horses could not bring her to repeat '' (291).

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Harper Lee believes that maturity can change the way someone can view the world.
"Most people are Scout, when you finally see them" (376).
"'You oughta let your mother know you're here,' said Jem. 'You aughta let her know you're here....'" (187).

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Harper Lee believes that love and empathy can get a family through difficult times.

" He would be there all night' and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning."(376).

"The congregation stirred. 'You all know what its for --Helen cant leave those children to work while Toms' in jail if everyone gives one more dime, we'll have it--'" (162).

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Harper Lee believes that American equality is a myth.
-"To begin with, this case should never have come to trial, this case is as simple as black and white" (271).
-"Ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody's favoring Negroes over and above themselves" (144).

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Everybody should be treated equally no matter their race.
-"Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal,"(273-274).
-"But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men"(273).

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Harper Lee believes that people should never harm the innocent when they aren't harming anyone.
"' It ain't right. He didn't kill anybody even if he was guilty. He didn't take anybody's life'" (293).
"Tom Robinson's manners were as good as Atticus's" (260).

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Harper Lee believes that in order to develop perspective, people need to see things from the other person's view.

"You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them" (374).

"...standing on the Radley porch" (374).

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People are judged too strongly based on their appearance.

"The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box" (295).

"Walter looked as if he had been raised on fish food: his eyes, as blue as Dill Harris's, were red-rimmed and watery" (30).

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Harper Lee believes that empathy should be a trait possessed by both old and young people.
"Scout you''ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view" (39).
"They've done it before and they did it tonight and they'll do it again and when they do-seems that only children weep" (285).

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The author believes that people are built on gossip, but gossip is also insignificant.
"So Jem received most of his information from Miss. Stephanie Crawford, a neighborhood scold, who said she knew the whole thing" (13).
"Miss Stephanie Crawford said some of the town council told Mr. Radley that is he didn't take Boo back, Boo would die of mold from the damp" (14).

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Empathy and understanding are needed to overcome prejudice.

"Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don't pretend to understand. . ." (117)

" 'Doesn't make it right," said Jem stolidly. He beat his fist softly on his knee. 'You just can't convict a man on evidence like that—you can't.' " (295)

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Judgement should not be based on previous prejudice.

" 'Mrs. Doubose was a morphine addict,' said Atticus. 'She took it as pain-killers for years. The doctor put her on it. She'd have spent the rest of her life on it and died without so much agony, but she was too contrary--' " (147).

"It occurred to me that in their own way, Tom Robinson's manners were as good as Atticus's" (260).

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Harper Lee believes that empathy means understanding others and their circumstances rather than imposing judgement.

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it" (39).

"Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough" (374).

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Theme: By using empathy, it is possible to understand a person's perspective and feelings.

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb in his skin and walk around in it" (Lee 39).

"Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them" (Lee 374).

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Equality is necessary to make the right decision.
"Our courts have their faults, as does any human institution, but in this country our courts are the great levelers, and in our courts all men are created equal" (274).
"'I waited Ana waited... Atticus Finch won't win, he can't win, but he's the only man in these parts who can keep a jury out as long in a case like that. And I thought to myself, well, we're making a step--- it's just a baby step, but it's a step" (289).