Examples Of Hypocrisy In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Molly Gildar Mr. Turakhia English Honors 9 January 4, 2014 A World Living in Hypocrisy To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee is a remarkable novel following the childhood of Jem and Scout, the son and daughter of Atticus Finch. Living in a small and drama filled town of Maycomb County they encounter a great deal of people who do not stand by their word. Hypocrisy occurs throughout this novel first by a man named Dolphus Raymond, then by two women Mrs. Merriweather and Miss Gates. In Maycomb County Dolphus Raymond is known as the guy with a lot of money who’s always drunk, and drinking from his brown paper bag. People always assume that he keeps whiskey in the bag, but what Dill finds out is that it’s actually Coca cola, and he wants people to think it’s alcohol. Dill confronts Dolphus and asks him why he makes it look as if he’s always drunk, and Dolphus replies, “Some folks don’t like the way I live. Now I could say the hell with ‘em, I don’t care if they don’t like it”(268). As Dolphus says this Dill is still puzzled and Dolphus continues, “I try to give ‘em a reason, you se...

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