i think most importantly it was her ability to "climb into someone's skin and walk around in it."
- this can be seen when she sympathizes with mayella and is the only one who understands her plight.
"loneliest person in the world, even lonelier than boo radley."
"took offence at routine courtesy."
"tom was probably the only one ever decent to her."
she could see mayella as an individual, not one of the ewells. "bright red geraniums cared for as tenderly as of they belonged to ms. maudie atkinson."
hence, scout can see through mayella's apparent villianous character and see that she is in fact a victim.
- at the end of the novel, she learnt that boo was not a "malevolent phantom."
"he had given us so much and we gave him nothing, and it made me sad."
she saw that he was not a monster, but weak and frail akin to a "child afrad of the dark." he had "white sickly hands that had never seen the sun."
she showed civility towards boo radley and showed what a lady she had become.
"he would be more comfortable in the dark."
"the chair is nice and cosy."
"so that when ms. stephanie looked down she would see arthur radley escorting me." (in those days it was socially unacceptable for a woman to escort a man. and it still is today anyway. she wanted to help boo retain his pride.)
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