Examples Of Illusions In To Kill A Mockingbird

‘…Atticus Finch was the deadest shot in Maycomb County in his time’” (Lee 98). Scout thinks that her father is feeble before knowing about his shooting abilities, which she decides as being ‘cool’. By making Scout surprised at what her father can do, Lee demonstrates how those that are nearby may have secrets and abilities that are unknown to others. In addition, while outside the county courthouse, Scout runs into a supposedly sinful and drunk man, Dolphus Raymond, who is white, but has married a black woman, and discovers a shocking news, “‘…it’s nothing but Coca-Cola.’…‘You little folks won’t tell on me now, will you? It’d ruin my reputation if you did’” (Lee 200). When Scout is invited to investigate Dolphus Raymond, she finds out that he is not as he portrays himself to be; instead, he weaves a story for others while he does as he wants, living with his African-American wife and children of both races. This view on the racial structure astonishes Scout, as she has not met someone as outspoken and moral as Dolphus Raymond. Through listening to him, Scout matures as she learns how what is displayed on the surface is never the real

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When Tom Robinson, an African-American man, is accused of raping Mayella Ewell, Atticus is appointed as the defense attorney. Mayella and her shiftless father, Bob Ewell, live in abject poverty on the outskirts of town. The family is known as trouble and disliked by

What was even more sad is that they were also mistreated by their family, like Scout's cousin Francis. Dolphous Raymond is another character who suffered from the city's racism. Mr. Raymond was considered a drunk, everyone thinks that he drinks whisky from his paper bag and he is half crazy from it so he cant help but live among the black community. He actually drinks coke from the paper bag and the bag is to conceal what he is drinking. Mr. Raymond said "I try to give em a reason, you see.

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Atticus is appointed by Judge Taylor to represent Tom Robinson in a local trial. Robinson is accused of sexually harassing Mayella Ewell. Although the odds are not in his favor, he does his best to make sure that the trial is fair. During the trial, Atticus soon points out that Mayella and her father, Bob, are lying. It was actually Bob Ewell who beat Mayella, but due to the jury’s decision, Tom Robinson was sentenced to prison. Tom is shot and killed while escaping prison which causes Jem to question the unfairness of it all. Bob Ewell feels insulted by the happenings of the trial and vows to get revenge on Atticus. He eventually attacks Scout and Jem on their way home on Halloween from their school pageant. Boo Radley saves the children and carries them home. Afterwards, it is decided that Bob Ewell simply fell on his own knife and Scout offers to walk Boo home.

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Are they flowers?” 141-142, the following scene gives a great example of what illusion is like. It is simply a trap, which we fall in because of the sense’s that deceive us to thinking or imagining something that isn’t

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When Scout and Jem joined Raymond for a drink, Scout was surprised at Raymond’s revelation. When Scout warns Jem not to drink too much “alcohol”, Jem replies with a grin, “Scout, it’s nothing but Coca-Cola. (Lee 267)” Soon after, Jem and Scout begin asking Raymond why he allows people to believe that he is intoxicated. At this question, Raymon replies, “Wh-oh yes, you mean why do I pretend? Well, it’s very simple. Some folks don’t-like the way I live. Now I could say the hell with ‘em, I don’t care if they don’t like it. I do say I don’t care if they don’t like it, right enough-but I don’t say the hell with ‘em, see? (Lee 268)” By this statement, Raymond refers to Maycomb citizens ridiculing him for being a white man that is attracted to black women more than he is attracted to his own race. Lee successfully uses Boo Radley and Dolphus Raymond to reveal how ignorance can lead people to form inaccurate conclusions. In addition, Lee shows that if we keep on repeating the same mistake of judging based on appearance rather than reality, then there will always be conflict between one

To the distress of Maycomb’s racist white community, Atticus agrees to defend a black man named Tom Robinson, who has been accused by Bob Ewell for raping his white daughter Mayella. Because of Atticus decision, Jem and Scout are being mocked and looked at by other children. Calpurnia, the Finches black cook, takes them to a black church, where they don’t have to be embarrassed for their father’s decision. Atticus