One of the main themes throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird is gaining perspective and viewing situations from other people's point of view. In the last chapter of the book, Scout walks her neighbor, Arthur "Boo" Radley, home following an eventful night. Scout begins to notice certain locations throughout the neighborhood while standing on Boo Radley's porch. She wonders how many times Dill held onto the pole looking into the Radley house, and how many times they ran passed his gate. This is a critical moment in the novel because it displays Scout's coming of age because she finally sees Arthur "Boo" Radley as a person, and not the "creature" that rumors made him out to be. Scout laments that she and Jem never gave Boo anything back in return for all his gifts. Scout not only sees Maycomb from Boo Radley's point of view, but she understands that he is just a reclusive, shy individual who never had ill will towards anybody. Harper Lee beautifully displays Scout's coming of age during this scene by having Scout reminisce about her childhood from Boo's perspective.
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