People cannot be marked as good or evil. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee demonstrates this in an assortment of ways. Even though people have different opinions on what is good and what is evil, Harper Lee’s characters cannot be pinned as either or. Each character is unique and has his/her own personality. Some are marked as the good guy and some are marked as the bad guy, but it’s important to note no one is actually fully good or evil. In the town of Maycomb, there is a resident named Mr. Dolphus Raymond, he was considered an evil man by many people. However, in a conversation with Scout, one learns that he is not truly evil. “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”(200). Mr. Dolphus Raymond was characterized as evil for having mixed children and drinking because of it. However, that was not the case. He wanted a colored wife and mixed children. Unfortunately, many people could not understand that so he lied. Does that make him evil? Many people would dissent.
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No one is perfect and no one is pure good. Mayella is the embodiment of this idea: “Her father saw it, and the defendant has testified as to his remarks. What did her father do? We don’t know, but there is circumstantial evidence to indicate that Mayella Ewell was beat savagely by someone who led almost exclusively with his left hand”(204). Atticus, who is defending Tom Robinson, insinuates that Bob Ewell hit his daughter Mayella Ewell. Mayella made a grave mistake, after all, she is human. This mistake was evil, it could cost a man his life, but one must also recognize that Mayella is also good. She quit school after 2 or 3 years to stay at home and take care of the family. She also gets most of the work done around the house. Mayella does all this under an abusive hand, and without any friend or source of love and
No one is perfect and no one is pure good. Mayella is the embodiment of this idea: “Her father saw it, and the defendant has testified as to his remarks. What did her father do? We don’t know, but there is circumstantial evidence to indicate that Mayella Ewell was beat savagely by someone who led almost exclusively with his left hand”(204). Atticus, who is defending Tom Robinson, insinuates that Bob Ewell hit his daughter Mayella Ewell. Mayella made a grave mistake, after all, she is human. This mistake was evil, it could cost a man his life, but one must also recognize that Mayella is also good. She quit school after 2 or 3 years to stay at home and take care of the family. She also gets most of the work done around the house. Mayella does all this under an abusive hand, and without any friend or source of love and