“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”(30). This quote demonstrates that you don’t know how someone else feels based on first appearances, but by talking with them and really get to know them and who they really are. The excerpts from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and the adaption of “The Prince and the Pauper” by Spencer Kayden, both revolve around trying to understand one another and see things from the other person’s point of view. In the text “The Prince and the Pauper”, the Prince and the Pauper, “[trade] clothes[ and] regard themselves in the mirror”(25). The two realize how alike they are and the rest of the characters don’t realize they…show more content… I do not envy my people the lives they lead”(28). Edward realizes the terrible things that the wealthy has done to the poor folks of the village and now wants to change that. Also, from To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout is yelled at by Calpurnia who says that, “‘there’s some folks who don’t eat like us, but you ain’t called on to contradict ‘em at the table when they don’t. That boy’s yo comp’ny”(34). Scout does not realize by herself what Walter is going though, she needs Calpurnia to tell her to be more open and to try and understand him. The two texts are different because in “The Prince and the Pauper”, Edward lives through what the poor people had and realizes through living their lives while in To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout is told that people are not always the same and they are different from others. Scout is told that you cannot realize what someone else is going through unless you really see things from their perspective. The texts are different because the characters learn that, “you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view”(30) in two different
