How Does Harper Lee Use Character Development In To Kill A Mockingbird

Harper Lee effectively uses character development to express the theme of: it’s human nature to stereotype people based on society’s standards, as opposed to seeing everyone equal despite their appearance in chapter twenty of To Kill a Mockingbird. To support this theme, Harper Lee uses character development as a way to emphasize the importance in this insight to human nature. For example, Mr. Raymond is portrayed as the town drunk, with an impassive manner. He likes to drink, to pretend, and to be himself. However, in this chapter we learn that he doesn’t drink alcohol in his old sack; instead it’s coca cola. Mr. Raymond pretends to be drunk to put up a front to society; he won’t be judged for eccentricities, and way of living if people think