Denial is a symptom of alcoholism which causes the person to lie about their drinking so that nobody thinks they are an alcoholic. They also deny their drinking to themselves as a way to justify when they do have a drink, meaning that they believe it is okay to have a drink because they do not have a problem. In the novel, Crabbe exhibits denial after an incident at school. “You’ve been drinking haven’t you Crabbe?” “What? Who me?
The minor character of Dolphus Raymond is first introduced in Chapter 16 as part of a crowd who come into town to watch the spectacle that is Tom Robinson’s trial and to observe Atticus’ defense of him. Dolphus Raymond, at first, is not distinguished. Scout, as well as the readers, later sees him sitting solidarity with the black community despite the fact that he is white. Portrayed in the beginning as nothing more than a drunkard, we begin to see the reason behind his drinking as well as the overall tension between the black and white community as Tom’s trial progresses. In the beginning of Chapter 16, Dolphus Raymond is introduced as a drunkard: “Mr Dolphus Raymond lurched by on his thoroughbred….‘how c’n you stand to get drunk ‘fore eight in the morning?’” The accented dialogue features here show that there is a mismatch between drunken lurching and riding a “thoroughbred”, indicating a degeneration of a wealthy old family.
Then he states” Coca-cola was America” (Dacey, line 4). He’s comparing a drink to the people in America, which means that anyone can manipulate us and swallows us since were worthless. But then he states “we were all brothers and sisters in the family of man” (Dacey, line 13). This shows that woman didn’t have an important role in the house hold, well at least to the author’s point of view. “And sometimes I even though of his son on the cross, getting vinegar but wanting coke.
Dolphus Raymond is objected to this discrimination because of his choice to have relations with an African American woman. The people in Maycomb judge Dolphus Raymond for having children with the African American woman and think poorly of his decisions. To avoid confrontation with anyone as to why he chooses to live his life like that, he walks around drinking a beverage from a brown paper bag and sways when he walks. Scout, Jem, and Dill have a conversation with him and realize that he is not an alcoholic, he just pretends to be to avoid people from questioning his actions. Aunt Alexandria too shows this behavior when Scout asks if Walter Cunningham can come over for lunch.
Raymond speaks of how the children quickly learn that the drink that he always puts in his bag is actually coco-cola and he lies about that so people can understand why he is associating himself with the African-Americans. “Some folks don’t- like the way I live. Now I could say to 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 to hell with ‘em” (Lee 228). Dolphus is explaining that he does not care if people disapprove but at least he gives them a reason as to why he does it.
Emmett Shumaker Mrs. Kenyan Psychology 5/21/12 Cool Hand Luke Some people in this world simply refuse to change, refuse to conform to the rules beset upon them. The story of Cool Hand Look gives one a great example of such a person. In Cool Hand Luke, Luke Jackson, the main character, is arrested for cutting off the heads of the town's parking meters while drunk. When asked why he cut the heads off the parking meters, Luke answers, "You could say I was settling an old score." This is perhaps a sentiment to his mistrust of authority.
Labeling and stereotyping. They don’t seem like a big deal until it causes chaos in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In Maycomb, this is a big issue in the community. Scout is watching and understanding this world differently, being young and very influential racisms changes her, in maturing and her personality. Scout is the main character, she is the reason the Finches get in all these dilemmas.
Aaron Cataquet 1 / 24 / 13 Period 5 English Dwyer Critical Lens Herodotus said “… men are at the mercy of events and cannot control them.” To me, this quote means that us men (females to) have about 10% control of our life/journey but that the other 90% we have no say or control. I agree with this quotation because there are hundreds of examples in literary works and in reality that show this quote is true. This can be seen in To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee, especially in the character of Tom Robinson. This also can be seen in Night by Elie Wiesel. This quote can be proven by witnessing Tom Robinson.
I can relate to Scout in this manner, because I I too am protective over my family, but not as aggressive as Scout. Atticus is called a disgrace and "nigger-lover" a number of times by a number of people. One day in the schoolyard, Cecil Jacobs tells Scout that his family says Atticus is a disgrace and that Tom Robinson should hang from the water-tank (pg 102). This got Scout upset, but it was the only time she walked away form a fight because influenced by Atticus, he told her not to fight anymore and she knew if she did he would wear her out. On Christmas day Scout, Jem, and Atticus visit the Finch's Landing.
The Cunningham’s were poor, but very polite. The next time he appeared in the novel was when the lynching mob was formed, and Mr. Cunningham was a part of it. His beliefs changed drastically. He went from looking up to Atticus for guidance to being completely against Atticus defending Tom Robinson. When Scout rambled to Mr. Cunningham, it made him stand in Atticus’s shoes for a minute.