In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, the author Harper Lee used some small characters in her story to express some of the main concerns in the novel. Some of the main themes in this book are the good and evil in people, social class, and the justice system. These main themes are portrayed by some of the minor characters in To Kill a Mockingbird. The minor characters that portray these themes are Mrs. Dubose who the children realized had good and evil inside her, Mayella who used the justice system to her advantage because she is a white women, and Dolphus Raymond who gets away with being with a black women because of his social standings.
In the opinion of the kids Jem and Scout Mrs. Dubose is a mean disrespectful old lady. Mrs. dubose would always have something mean to say to Jem and Scout even if they didn't do anything, on Pg. 99 Said "hey Mrs. Dubose" and Mrs. Dubose replied "Don't say that to me you ugly little girl! You say good afternoon Mrs. Dubose!" They have always thought she was a terribly evil lady that said horrible things …show more content…
Dolphus Raymond just happened to be one of Maycomb’s high class citizens which pretty much helps him get away with a lot of the stuff that he does. Dolphus Raymond lives with a black woman and has mixed kids with her and nobody in Maycomb looks twice at him. If any other white man in Maycomb county were to live with a black woman everyone would go insane but since Dolphus Raymond is rich plantation owner that is supposedly drunk no one pays any attention to it. On Pg. 272 Atticus finch in trial said “what did she do? She tempted a negro.” which was a time honored code of their society but no one cared when Dolphus Raymond did it. Social classes in this book are huge because if Dolphus Raymond were as poor as the Ewells he wouldn’t have gotten away with spending all his time with black
In the opinion of the kids Jem and Scout Mrs. Dubose is a mean disrespectful old lady. Mrs. dubose would always have something mean to say to Jem and Scout even if they didn't do anything, on Pg. 99 Said "hey Mrs. Dubose" and Mrs. Dubose replied "Don't say that to me you ugly little girl! You say good afternoon Mrs. Dubose!" They have always thought she was a terribly evil lady that said horrible things …show more content…
Dolphus Raymond just happened to be one of Maycomb’s high class citizens which pretty much helps him get away with a lot of the stuff that he does. Dolphus Raymond lives with a black woman and has mixed kids with her and nobody in Maycomb looks twice at him. If any other white man in Maycomb county were to live with a black woman everyone would go insane but since Dolphus Raymond is rich plantation owner that is supposedly drunk no one pays any attention to it. On Pg. 272 Atticus finch in trial said “what did she do? She tempted a negro.” which was a time honored code of their society but no one cared when Dolphus Raymond did it. Social classes in this book are huge because if Dolphus Raymond were as poor as the Ewells he wouldn’t have gotten away with spending all his time with black