Dolphus Raymond lives in the black neighborhood, and had kids with another black woman, which was, at that time, unspeakable. He was also, supposedly, the town drunk. When Scout and Dill finds out what he has been drinking was only Coca-Cola, he explains, “I try to give ‘em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason...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.” Mr. Raymond does not care for what others in Maycomb think of him, He will even give everyone a fake reason why he has a family with a black woman, only because no one will understand the true
Dolphus Raymond lives in the black neighborhood, and had kids with another black woman, which was, at that time, unspeakable. He was also, supposedly, the town drunk. When Scout and Dill finds out what he has been drinking was only Coca-Cola, he explains, “I try to give ‘em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason...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.” Mr. Raymond does not care for what others in Maycomb think of him, He will even give everyone a fake reason why he has a family with a black woman, only because no one will understand the true