Both Uses of
compassion
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- ...all I can say is, when you and Jem are grown, maybe you'll look back on this with some compassion and some feeling that I didn't let you down.
p. 120.5 *compassion = sympathy for another's suffering
- But she did not hear the compassion in his invitation.
p. 213.8compassion = sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help