Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

But really, they have a inner soul that no one in Maycomb could see. They see the monster in Boo Radley. How he stabbed his father, and hid in his house. How everyone in Maycomb thought Dolphus Raymond was a drunk, but he was actually just acting drunk, so that no one will stand in his way. And how Tom Robinson is innocent, but to the eyes of the jury, and many of the people of Maycomb, thought he was guilty. Harper Lee shows us that outward appearances are not always what they seem, and that we have to not judge them by their appearance or their

Dubose have only one thing in common, which is they both live in the sweet town of Maycomb, this character is amazing as he has little prejudice embedded on him. Dolphus Raymond teaches much about prejudice and how the color of someone’s skin does not matter. He is an extremely important example for the children. It is possible to see how Dolphus is a good person and sees no difference between skin colors and helps people understand how Maycomb is racist. One example of that is this quote, “’Some folks just don’t like the way I live’”(Lee 268). That is because he has to give an excuse, which is being drunk so that people will judge him less. The movie does not mention this character and everything that he has to present to the story. By not mentioning him, it is not given to us that not everyone is the same. The character also reinforces the theme of stereotypical people, like himself. Without him the movie also does not pass his words of disgust of modern society, which could be very helpful.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee has been banned and/or challenged over thirty times since its publication in 1960. Effectively preventing many students from enjoying the novel and benefitting from its message. To ignore racism is no different than denying it ever existed. To Kill a Mockingbird is appropriate for mature adolescence/students and should not be banned from schools. Despite its sexual related content, or profanity, a valuable lesson remains that should be taught to students.

Harper Lee’s novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” is set in a small, southern town, Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The story is told through the eyes of a girl named Scout about her father, Atticus, an attorney who strives to prove the innocence of a black man named Tom Robinson, who was accused of rape and Boo Radley, an enigmatic neighbor who saves Scout and her brother Jem from being killed. Atticus does his job in proving there was no way that Tom Robinson was guilty during his trial, but despite Tom Robinson’s obvious innocence, he is convicted of rape as it is his word against a white woman’s. Believing a “black man’s word” seemed absurd as segregation was a very integrated part of life in the south. The social hierarchy must be maintained at all costs and if something in the system should testify the innocence of a black man against a white woman’s word and win then what might happen next? Along with the prejudice amongst blacks and whites, the story also showed how people could be misunderstood for who they truly are such as Boo Radley. Without ever seeing Boo, Jem and the townsfolk made wild assumptions on what Boo does or looks like. Even so, while “To Kill a Mockingbird” shows the ugliness that can come from judging others, its ultimate message is that great good can result when one defers judgement until considering things from another person’s view. Walter Cunningham, Mrs. Dubose, and Boo Radley are all examples of how looking at things

Dolphus Raymond is a prime example of the town's lack of judgment. Dolphus has been labeled as a drunk who lives among the black community. When Dill and Scout sit and talk with him, they find the only beverage he "abuses" is Coca-Cola. Basically, the entire town believes that some people should just be completely

To begin with, Harper Lee develops internal conflict through the thoughts and actions of Scout and Jem. When the kids watched Dolphus Raymond ride by their house on his horse, Jem murmured, “Don’t see how he stays in the saddle...how c’n you stand to get drunk ‘fore eight in the morning?” (180). This segment of dialogue allows the reader to understand how Scout, Dill, and Jem see Mr. Dolphus Raymond from a child's perspective. Because of the rumors spread around Maycomb, Scout, Jem and Dill have the idea that he lives his life constantly drunk. The kids assume that people are exactly who they perceive them to be. What they do not know, is that

Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird perfectly depicts a town succumbed to the racism that existed in the deep south during the time. Lee shows how there are good-hearted people who want change, but there are also ignorant people who will try to do anything to go against it. Some residents of Maycomb hope to push for a change because they understand the way people do things is wrong. Tom Robinson is a man who represents the change people want to pursue due to his false conviction; yet, some people are too scared to be the change, so they hide behind fake problems. Mr. Dolphus Raymond is a perfect representation of those who want change but instead flock and hide since he says “[secretly], Miss Finch, I’m not much of a drinker” (Lee 170). This

Dolphus Raymond is known as one of the lower class white people in Maycomb. He is looked at this way because he married a black women whom he had children with and is only friends with black people. He also is known as the town's drunk. Dill, one of Jem and Scouts friend’s has an encounter with Dolphus and Scout. Dolphus hands Dill drink in a brown paper sack and tells him to drink it. It ends of being Coca Cola. The children question him he states, “It ain’t honest, but it’s mighty helpful to folks. Secretly, Miss Finch I’m not much of a drinker, but you see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that’s the way I want to live.” (p.268) Dolphus Raymond is judged by what people

Mr. Dolphus Raymond is another character who shows the towns hateful racism. He is white but is still shown hatefulness from the town. He doesn’t mind the color of people’s skin and sees everyone as a person. The town is so racist they can’t “comprehend” that he is lives with a black woman and sits in the colored sections, so he walks around with a paper sack and acts drunk. When Scout Finch asks him why he does this, he says, “I try to give ‘em a reason, you see.

Although the people of Maycomb view Dolphus Raymond as a disgraceful man, Scout learns that his true personality does not match what others think of him. Once she discovers that Mr. Raymond actually drinks coke, she asks why he still pretends to be intoxicated, and he replies by saying, “it’s mighty helpful to folks. Secretly, [...] I’m not much of a drinker, but [..] they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that’s the way I want to live” (268). Through fathoming the reality of Dolphus Raymond, Scout learns that there is more to a person than what meets the eye. She is enlightened of the fact that Maycomb’s citizens are not like Atticus. They “could never, never understand that” Mr. Raymond wants to live among the coloured people. Due to their inability to “really understand a person”, a man who is “not much of a drinker” must allow “folks” to think that his behaviour is due to being intoxicated. Scout’s conversation with Dolphus Raymond furthers her comprehension of empathy and leads her to learn that it is important to understand everyone, even those who are seen as sinful by society. Scout is also capable of instructing others to be empathetic, such as Uncle Jack. After being punished by Jack for fighting with Francis, Scout says, “you don’t understand children [...] you never stopped to gimme a chance

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it,” (Lee 30). This opinion was unpopular during the time of racism, but not to Atticus Finch. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee introduces a character named Atticus. Throughout the novel he tries to understand people by the way they look at things. In To Kill a Mockingbird, the character Atticus Finch is proven to be a caring, courageous, and trusting person.

Dolphus Raymond is thought of as an outsider. He lives differently from the way that other white people live, and many say that it is because he drinks whiskey all the time. Dolphus Raymond himself has said that this is not the case. In To Kill A Mockingbird,

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

In the book, it talks about a man named Dolphus Raymond. He is a very successful white man but has been pushed away from the society of Maycomb because he fell in love and married an African American woman. Because of this, society outcasts him as a drunk when in reality he is pretending to be a drunk while drinking Coca-Cola “‘I try to give ‘em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason. When I come to town, which is seldom if I weave a little and drink out of this sack, folks can say Dolphus Raymond’s in the clutches of whiskey—that’s why he won’t change his ways. He can’t help himself, that’s why he lives the way he does’” (Lee 228). This quote shows one of the lessons that Scout has learned from real life: listen to others side of a story and not just to judge. Scout at this part of the reading thought Mr. Raymond was a drunk because of what she had heard from others, but once she went up to him and started to listen to his side of the story, she

The majority of the white people of Maycomb have morals discovered by Scout through her curious character during the lynching party night and when they ask Dolphus Raymond why he drinks Coca Cola. Commonly, Scout talks to Mr. Cunningham in the lynching party trying to kill Tom Robinson at the prison. Scout first came out to Atticus outside the prison when the group approached him, not knowing what she was doing. She wanted to know what was going on and why Atticus was out so late at night. She then begins an everyday conversation with Mr. Cunningham, who she saw in the group. She talks to him about his son Walter who she sees at school,