Character Analysis Of Dolphus Raymond In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

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As the cliché goes, “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it.” It is appalling that a book with over 30 million copies is so diverse when correlating it to its movie. The setting of To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama during the 1930s. Many people find it fascinating that Harper Lee, the author of this novel, modeled the comfortable city of Maycomb after her hometown. There are an array amount of main characters in this novel yet it revolves around Jem, Scout, Tom Robinson and Atticus. Descriptive stories of prejudice, rape, growing up in Maycomb, racism, hidden love, and evil were all described in Scout’s perspective. Unfortunately, Jem and Scout had to witness hatred in the world at such a young age, which …show more content…

Dolphus Raymond was a wealthy white man who was looked at differently because he lives with his black partner and mixed children. This man is an exceptionally paramount character in the novel because he showed acts of kindness when he cheered up Charles Baker Harris and left the adolescents with some memorable advice. Quoted from the novel Dolphus Raymond said, “‘It ain’t honest but it’s might 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 (Lee 268).’” Dolphus Raymond directed his advice to Scout about how people may easily come to the conclusion that he is drinking whisky out of his decrepit paper bag when in reality he is just sipping on Coca Cola. This affable man made Scout, Dill, and Jem realize that you cannot judge a book by its cover. Also, the children’s perspectives changed about their society when they learned that sometimes it is important to be what people want to see because then those around will feel better about themselves. In reality Dolphus Raymond may have just been an outcast but who else would have shared such meaningful advice? Unfortunately, in the movie the audience never gets to experience the loving personality of Dolphus Raymond because he does not exist and is not mentioned in the movie. A reason for why Dolphus Raymond did not make an appearance in the movie is because Dill never got upset and ran out of the courthouse in the first place. Nevertheless, the result of Dolphus Raymond not being in the movie changes the mindsets of the children because they never get to hear Dolphus’ words of wisdom. The children’s mindsets will be altered in the movie without Dolphus because this man made the younglings realize that in Maycomb they must do and see what Maycomb wants to see. Dolphus Raymond not being in the

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