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Making Inferences

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Scout is taught an important lesson by her father Atticus about considering things from other people's perspectives. At the end of Atticus's trial defending Tom Robinson, a black man falsely accused of rape, the jury finds Tom guilty despite Atticus's efforts. However, Atticus comments that by keeping the jury deliberating for so long, some progress was made, even if just a small step, in this racially charged case.

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INFERENCE
First of all, he said, if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, youll 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 Sir? Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Miss Jean Louise? I looked around. They were standing. All around us and in the balcony on the opposite wall, the Negroes were getting to their feet. Reverend Sykes voice was as distant as Judge Taylors: Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your fathers passin.
As I waited I thought, Atticus Finch wont win, he cant win, but hes the only man in these parts who can keep a jury out so long in a case like that. And I thought to myself, well, were making a stepits just a baby-step, but its a step.

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  • 2. First of all, he said, if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, youll 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 Sir? Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
  • 3. Miss Jean Louise? I looked around. They were standing. All around us and in the balcony on the opposite wall, the Negroes were getting to their feet. Reverend Sykes voice was as distant as Judge Taylors: Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your fathers passin.
  • 4. As I waited I thought, Atticus Finch wont win, he cant win, but hes the only man in these parts who can keep a jury out so long in a case like that. And I thought to myself, well, were making a stepits just a baby-step, but its a step.