An overwhelming topic in the novel is the brutality that individuals cause upon others by the prejudice, or 'the simple hell people give other people', as Dolphus Raymond puts it. It is not only the matter of the profound racial bias which is available in Maycomb yet the prejudiced, slender, inflexible codes of conduct that most townspeople wish to force on others. This bias is made all the all the more threatening by being delineated as "expected" conduct by numerous characters in the book. Against the foundation of this residential area such individuals as Boo Radley, Dolphus Raymond, many of the African Americans segregated from the whites, and, to some degree, Maudie Atkinson, are abused on the grounds that they don't acclimate. Tom Robinson is discovered blameworthy, despite …show more content…
Dolphus Raymond also decided to marry an African-American woman, and has had many children with her. Being white, and having a relationship with someone other than of their race makes people believe that the person is not sane. Later, Scout and Dill discover that Mr. Raymond cares about what other individuals think, however not in the way they anticipated. His paper sack ends up stowing away not whisky, but rather Coke, and his consistent inebriation is a put-on. There's a reason: "When I come to town, […] 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.” Like Calpurnia talking one dialect at home with the Finches and another at the African-American church, Mr. Raymond's twofold life indicates Scout the bargains individuals need to make keeping in mind the end goal to live in groups where they don't exactly fit