To Kill a Mockingbird Changed me

After reading To Kill a Mockingbird i have thought more about what it would be like to be in someone else's shoes. Atticus thought me, while teaching Scout that you should always try thinking from other people's points of views. Atticus says in chapter 3 (page 30 ) "You never really understand a person until you consider things form his point of view... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." After reading this book and whenever i have any sort of conflict with anyone i try to think about it from there side. I try to understand how and why they feel this way.

Another aspect of this book that has made me realize how lucky i am is the racism. In the book racism is one of the main themes and it is shown throughout the book. This book shows how racism affects everyone. Today we are very lucky to have far less racism and prejudice although it still exists. Reading this book made me realize how hard it would be to be black in the 1930's or white.