Throughout the story of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird characters have examined other people's points of view with varying amounts of success and failure. The characters learn, some better than others, what it means to look through the eyes of the guilty, the child, the poor, the marginalized, and the educated. People's perspective on one situation may be different from that of another; but by trying to see from another person's point of view, the reasons for his actions may become visible to an observer. When you ignore how others see situations, a thought or opinion of the other person may be incorrect. Acting under false pretenses, causing one not to think from another person's point of view, could lead to negative consequences; such as prejudicial thinking, false accusations and stereotyped thoughts. It is important that these ideas reach the characters, as well as the reader. Looking from a point of view other than your own can be helpful in understanding another person's motivations. During the Mayella Ewell vs. Tom Robinson case, Atticus analyzes what may have motivated Mrs. Ewell to accuse Tom of something he didn't do. Through this careful examination Atticus was able to find the reason for Mrs. Ewell's actions. Mrs. Ewell sits on the witness stand as Atticus cross-examines her, and at the end of his cross-examination Atticus states, “I say guilt, gentlemen, because it was your guilt that motivated you. He has not committed any crime; he has simply broken a rigid and time-honored code of our society, a code so severe that anyone who breaks it is persecuted by us as unfit to live with” (203). When Atticus looked through Mayella's eyes he was able to find the reason to blame Mr. Robinson, that reason was guilt. Atticus may have... half the paper... Burris Ewell and is schooled the hard way up Maycomb's social ladder. Yet Scout also has a bad day; being punished by her teacher for explaining why Walter couldn't accept Mrs. Caroline's money and being scolded by Calpurnia for making fun of how Walter eats. So when Atticus tells Scout to “get into her skin and walk around it,” she does and tries to look at things from Ms. Caroline's point of view. Mrs. Caroline learned something about Maycomb and if Walter and Scout had put themselves in Mrs. Caroline's shoes, they wouldn't have thought that she could learn all the traditions of Maycomb in one day and that they couldn't hold her responsible for making mistakes because she he has never known better(30). Scout complains about Mrs. Caroline to Atticus to which Atticus gives the advice to put himself in the other person's shoes.