Atticus deals sensitively with Scout and manages to teach
her one of the most valuable lessons she learns in the novel. Scout is frustrated with
the treatment she receives from Miss Caroline, her new teacher, and wishes to stop going
to school like Burris Ewell. Scout is equally annoyed to have been reprimanded by
Calpurnia having commented on Walter Cunningham's poor table
manners.
Atticus gently explains that it is the law that
she attend school. He explains that the Ewells are a product of their upbringing, and
that Scout should try to identify and understand people before she judges
them.
"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."
He treats his daughter
with sensitivity and respect which is key to this valuable lesson as he is trying to
foster these very qualities in Scout.
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