At the conclusion of the novel, after Scout has walked Boo home and seen him safely inside, she stands for a moment on the Radley porch and looks at her street from a new viewpoint. As she pauses, she remembers the many events that had transpired there throughout the many months that had elapsed. Standing where Boo lived and reliving events as he must have seen them reminds Scout of what Atticus had once tried to explain to her and Jem:
Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.
Scout has grown up a great deal throughout the course of the story. She has come to realize an essential truth about understanding and accepting others, especially those who seem so different from ourselves.
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