Mr Dolphus Raymond
_Mr Dolphus Raymond is a wealthy white man who owns one whole side of the riverbank. He is from an old family, but lives with his coloured partner and their mixed children. He was engaged to marry a woman named Spencer, who committed suicide on their wedding day, and some say it was because she found out that he had an affair with a black woman.
He is understood to be a chronic alcoholic but he is only pretending to be an alcoholic by drinking Coca Cola out of a brown paper bag. He lets the people of Maycomb believe it's alcohol and acts drunk to put them at ease and give them a reason to understand the way he is. He knows they will not understand why he lives as he does, so by pretending he is a drunk, he makes life easier for himself.
Mr Doplus Raymond is also an example of a mockingbird as in all reality, he is the bigger person. He's a better human being than they are and because of their prejudice, they can't, and don't, understand him.
Dill and Scout discover that he is not a drunk when they leave the courtroom and they are amazed. He shows Scout how sometimes you simply need to pretend you are something when you really are not. He is jaded by the hypocrisy of the white society and prefers to live among black folks.
He is understood to be a chronic alcoholic but he is only pretending to be an alcoholic by drinking Coca Cola out of a brown paper bag. He lets the people of Maycomb believe it's alcohol and acts drunk to put them at ease and give them a reason to understand the way he is. He knows they will not understand why he lives as he does, so by pretending he is a drunk, he makes life easier for himself.
Mr Doplus Raymond is also an example of a mockingbird as in all reality, he is the bigger person. He's a better human being than they are and because of their prejudice, they can't, and don't, understand him.
Dill and Scout discover that he is not a drunk when they leave the courtroom and they are amazed. He shows Scout how sometimes you simply need to pretend you are something when you really are not. He is jaded by the hypocrisy of the white society and prefers to live among black folks.