“We understand how dangerous a mask can be. We all become what we pretend to be.” – Patrick Rothfuss. This quote represents that throughout our lives we put a “mask” on for the sake of other people, and as time goes on that “mask” soon becomes who we once pretended to be. In to Kill a Mockingbird several people are impacted and shaped into who they are by Maycomb County. The changing who a person is for the good of other people is a constant theme throughout the book. Three people who have been shaped into who they are by changing themselves for the better sake of others would be Mr. Dolphus Raymond, Calpurnia, and little Miss Scout herself.
Mr. Dolphus Raymond is greatly shaped into the person he is today by Maycomb County itself. Dolphus Raymond is a white man married to a black woman whom he has had several children with. He simply enjoys living with the black community more than the white. Mr. Raymond is known as one of the town drunks, but later to find out most of the time he’s just drinking Coca Cola. Scout and Dill are very confused as to why he lets everyone think that he’s always drunk. This is what he has to say about it. “It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason. When I come to town, which is seldom, 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 …show more content…
She is one of the few blacks in Maycomb that is educated, and well. Calpurnia is the cook and housekeeper of the Finch family, and stands as the mother figure for Jem and Scout. However, she is black and lives in the black community. One day when Atticus is out of town Calpurnia takes Jem and Scout the church in her community. When they get there, the kids notice something peculiar about Calpurnia. That’s that she speaks as if she were uneducated. “It’s not ladylike—in the second
Mr. Dolphus Raymond is greatly shaped into the person he is today by Maycomb County itself. Dolphus Raymond is a white man married to a black woman whom he has had several children with. He simply enjoys living with the black community more than the white. Mr. Raymond is known as one of the town drunks, but later to find out most of the time he’s just drinking Coca Cola. Scout and Dill are very confused as to why he lets everyone think that he’s always drunk. This is what he has to say about it. “It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason. When I come to town, which is seldom, 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 …show more content…
She is one of the few blacks in Maycomb that is educated, and well. Calpurnia is the cook and housekeeper of the Finch family, and stands as the mother figure for Jem and Scout. However, she is black and lives in the black community. One day when Atticus is out of town Calpurnia takes Jem and Scout the church in her community. When they get there, the kids notice something peculiar about Calpurnia. That’s that she speaks as if she were uneducated. “It’s not ladylike—in the second