In the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird (TKAM) by Harper Lee, there are many important messages. One that relates to various characters in the book is Atticus’ saying to Scout, “to walk around in another’s shoes for awhile.” This quote means that you can’t understand a person’s actions until you see it from their point of view. But there are two specific characters that this saying applies to: Mrs. Dubose and Mayella Ewell. From the beginning Jem and Scout both viewed Mrs. Dubose mean and nasty without even knowing the struggles. Little did they know that she was actually a recovering morphine addict. In chapter 11 Jem and Scout originally claim that, “she spent most of each day in bed and the rest of it in a wheelchair. It was rumored that she