To Kill a Mockingbird Theme Essay " Respect for Individuality" "You never really understand a person until you. ...climb into his skin and walk around in it." I believe this quote by Atticus was a true statem0ent about the people of Maycomb. They didn't follow the simple rule that you shouldn't judge or dislike people even if they are odd or not like you. In other words, they never respected each other's individuality. In To …showed first 75 words of 1274 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1274 total…chance. We have to be careful of prejudices, stereotypes and hatred that is still alive and well in our society today. People have expectations of us just has they did in Scout's day and when we don't live up to those expectations we're wrong or different or weird. As with this story life today is similar, once we see people for whom they really are, we can understand, accept +and appreciate them for their individuality.