Judgments In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

How often do people judge the contents of a book based off of the cover? Seriously though, people often judge the contents of a book based off it’s cover. Many people think that by looking at the cover of a book, that it instantly determines the story of the book, whether the story is good or bad. Oftentimes, these judgments are misleading and don’t actually give people a good understanding of someone. Just because of the way someone looks or their presentation, doesn’t mean people should make judgments of that person. The most important moral lesson we see in To Kill A Mockingbird, is that people are often judged by their appearance, race, or rumors that they have heard about a person. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, there is a character

This saying doesn't necessarily describe Mr. Raymond. Dolphus Raymond is one of the characters that people judge because of his appearance and race. He is associated with the African American community which people despise him for and he is also portrayed as the town drunk. People always see him drinking whiskey from a brown paper bag and walking around town drunk. Jem explains Mr. Raymond’s story to Scout by saying: “He’s been sorta drunk ever since: They don't belong anywhere. Colored folks won't have ‘em because they're half white; white folks won't have ‘em ‘cause they're half colored, so they're just in-betweens” (163). It apparently turns out that the only thing Mr. Raymond drinks from his brown sack is Coca-Cola. He explains to the children that he lives the way he does is to portray a person who he is characterized as, a crazy drunk who has mixed children and relations to colored people. Mr. Raymond explains that: “Wh-oh yes, you mean why do I pretend? Well it’s very simple, some folks don't like the way I live. I do say I don't care if they don't like it” (203). He simply pretends to act drunk and pretends to drink whiskey because it gives people a reason to not like