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Are you a tolerable person? Tolerance means accepting people of view, beliefs, practices etc., of others that different from their own. Today, it is important to be tolerable because if other people aren’t then they will try to hurt you or you might hurt others. In the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” the author Harper Lee shows tolerance in several different ways. The theme of tolerance is shown by Scout, Ms. Dubuose, and Atticus as the book unravels to us.

The author teaches us the theme of tolerance on Scout as an unreliable narrator. Scout is an unreliable narrator because she is a little kid and doesn’t quiet understand things yet. “Don’t you know you’re not supposed to even touch the trees over there? You’ll get killed if you do!” Scout doesn’t understand why she can’t have anything to do with the Radley’s. Scout didn’t listen to Jem and went ahead and got anything she found in the trees. Another example is when Scout said “What’s rape?” Scout is asking her father what rape is because there is many talk about it around town. She is trying to learn things that she didn’t know before. Scout is only one of the characters that show tolerance.

The theme of tolerance is also shown in Ms. Dubuose. Ms. Dubose at first isn’t tolerable but later in the novel she is. When Scout is in Ms Dubose garden, Ms. Dubuose starts to yell at her and call her and “ugly girl.” Ms Dubuose is trying to be tolerable but she can’t. Later when Scout comes by with Atticus Ms. Dubuose is more tolerable. Atticus knows how to talk to her. This is how she shows us tolerance.

Atticus is the character that shows the most tolerance. Atticus accepts people for who they are. He defends Tom in the trial. Just because Tom is a black person, that doesn’t stop him from defending him. I think that it takes a lot of bravery to defend him. When Atticus finally meets Boo he is showing tolerance. Atticus thanks him for saving Jem’s life. Atticus doesn’t kick Boo out of his house but lets him stay to be with Jem. This is how he shows tolerance.

The novel shows the theme of tolerance in a good way It shows us I different characters and in different events. The character treats each other with kindness and not prejudice. Some people are prejudice in the book. This is the theme of tolerance and how is it good.