Walking a mile in someones shoes

   Walking a mile in someone's shoes can change how you feel about them and perhaps change how you feel about yourself, for example in Romeo and Juliet, Juliet has a bad impression of Romeo because he is a Montague but once she gets to know him as a person she realizes a name means nothing he is just a normal guy who loves her. In the novel "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" Christopher's dad is the only one taking care of him because his mom is not around, but when Christopher visits his mom in London and shows up to her apartment, it hits her that her ex-husband was alone in taking care of their son.
   In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet basically walks a mile in Romeo's shoes because they are moral enemies, the Capulet's and Montague's. They do not know that when they meet each other but soon enough when they do find out they question each other's love and thoughts. After harsh judgments Juliet makes about Romeo, she realizes he still loves her and she still loves him too. Juliet also realizes how much hatred he probably felt from her family members especially her cousins and how he felt because of his name, since she felt the same way. Another fact is that when they found out each other's last names, Romeo probably felt scared that things would not work out with Juliet and she probably felt the same way too. At the same time they hated each other but their love would kill that hatred they felt for each other. In a way they both have walked a mile in each other's shoes realizing what their family names meant, being together meant and what their family thought of them being together. This made them both change their thoughts about themselves and each other. An example from the play in Act 1, Scene 5 Romeo and the Nurse are having a conversation about Juliet and nurse tells him she is a Capulet. Romeo responds by saying "O dear account! My life is my foe's debt!" Romeo says to himself, "Is she a Capulet?" This is a heavy price to pay because his life is in his enemy's hands. Romeo also says "Ay so I fear. The more is my unrest." He means he is afraid but more in trouble than ever. When nurse tells Juliet Romeo's name Juliet responds in Act 1, scene 5 "My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, that I must love a loathed enemy." She means the only man she loves is the son of the only man she hates referring to Romeo's father, she saw him too early without knowing who he was, and finding out who he was was too late. She thinks love is a monster for making her fall in love with her own enemy. In the chorus of the play it says that Romeo starts to look for love again he cries for Rosaline, but then compares her love with Juliet's. Rosaline did not love Romeo back, but Juliet did that was the difference between both of their loves. Romeo loved the fact that Juliet loved him back so he could not go back to loving Rosaline, but he has to make speeches of love to a woman who is suppose to be his enemy. Juliet hesitates to say the things a lover normally would say to Romeo. Juliet loves Romeo just as much as he loves her but she has less of a chance seeing him than he does. On the other hand, love gives them power. The power to meet and experience the fun and danger of it.
   In the novel, Christopher and his dad are living on their own and with Christopher having autism and his mom not around, Mr. Boone has a lot to sacrifice and make ends meet. On page 126, Christopher runs away from his home to meet his mother in London, when he shows up all by himself his mothers first action his hugging him, but she has been away for so long she completely forgets that her own son does not like to be touched. What completely hits Christopher's mother is when after Mr. Boone shows up to her apartment. On page 130, Mr. Boone and her argue back and forth about Christopher. In reality, Mr. Boone took care of him more since she just left them and she realizes how much he had to put up with in taking care of their son who has autism. An example of this is on page 131, Mr. Boone argues quote, "I cooked his meals. I cleaned his clothes. I looked after him every weekend. I looked after him when he was ill. I took him to the doctor. I worried myself sick every time he wandered off somewhere at night. I went to school every time he got into a fight. And you? What? You wrote him some fucking letters." In frustration he lets out all his feelings which leads Christopher's mother to feel guilty, walking a mile in Mr. Boone's shoes realizing she should have been there and what she had done by leaving them was wrong.
   Walking a mile in someone's shoes can be hard to take on yourself, judging someone else and then going through the exact same thing can really impact your thoughts on people which is important to keep in mind, harsh judgments will get you no where.