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In To Kill A Mockingbird, what is an example of the golden rule in chapter 8?

The golden rule says that people should treat others in the way that they would want to be treated.  Atticus often teaches his children the golden rule by telling them to walk in other people's shoes.  He wants Scout and Jem to learn empathy.


In chapter 8 of To Kill a Mockingbird, Miss Maudie's house burns down on a cold winter night.  Neighbors and residents of Maycomb pour in to help put out the...

The golden rule says that people should treat others in the way that they would want to be treated.  Atticus often teaches his children the golden rule by telling them to walk in other people's shoes.  He wants Scout and Jem to learn empathy.


In chapter 8 of To Kill a Mockingbird, Miss Maudie's house burns down on a cold winter night.  Neighbors and residents of Maycomb pour in to help put out the fire.  As Scout and Jem stand outside watching from a distance, they witness the people of Maycomb treating Miss Maudie in the way that they would want to be treated.  Everyone is working hard to help rescue furniture from her house and to put out the fire, despite the bitter cold and the darkness of night:



The men of Maycomb, in all degrees of dress and undress, took furniture from Miss Maudie's house to a yard across the street.  I saw Atticus carrying Miss Maudie's heavy oak rocking chair, and thought it sensible of him to save what she valued most.



Later, Scout finds out that Boo Radley had covered her with a blanket on the cold evening as they waited outside.  Boo Radley treated her with kindness, just as he would want to be treated.

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