In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee three characters, Scout, Jem, and Atticus Finch, experience the many trials and tribulations of human inequality in their community, Maycomb County. Scout, the narrator, provides readers with information about Maycomb's many different characters, yet two are similar in many ways. Mayella Ewell is a 19 year old girl who is considered white trash and has no education, love or friends. Dolphus Raymond is a wealthy white man married to an African American and has mixed-race children. While these characters may seem different, they share many of the same advantages and disadvantages of human inequality. In chapter 16, Dill observed that in a far corner a group of African Americans were sitting together and Dolphus was sitting with them drinking from a bottle. sack. “Mr. Dolphus Raymond looked like he was doing this: two yellow pharmacy straws ran from his mouth into the depths of a brown paper bag” (214). Later in court, Dill begins to feel ill and runs out followed by Scout .Mr. Raymond is not too far behind and suggests Dill take a sip from his sack. Dill was shocked “'Scout, it's nothing but Coca-Cola'” (267). day just to fool the people of Maycomb County into thinking that she is drinking alcohol because of her lifestyle choices, and who doesn't love Coca-Cola? At the same time, Mayella Ewell also has the advantage of being white In Chapter 21 , the entire town of Maycomb is in court to see with their own eyes the case against Tom Robinson. Mayella Ewell is accusing Tom of rape, when in reality it wasn't him who raped Mayella, but Bob Ewell, her father did it. . “'...there is something in our world that makes men lose their minds: they can...... middle of paper......lla Ewell was a lonely girl and didn't know how to control herself. Everyone in town feels great remorse for Mayella because not only is she alone, but she agrees to grow up as white trash and act as a mother to her younger siblings and a wife to her father. Dolphus Raymond and Mayella Ewell are two characters in To Kill a Mockingbird who share the same advantages and disadvantages of human inequality. Dolphus and Mayella are both white citizens of Maycomb County, which gives them many advantages that African Americans do not have. Although they are white, they both show some sort of compassion for an African American, Mrs. Raymond and Tom Robinson. They can't express it because it's wrong in the racist community and they stifle their love from being shown or seen. If only the Maycomb community could learn how to eliminate human inequality.
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