They learn not to judge people until you have walked in their shoes. Dolphus Raymond tells them that he pretends to be an alcoholic because it was the only way the towns people would accept him. He says this was so because they could not grasp a sane white person ever living with colored folks.
No. Dolphus Raymond never had any whiskey at all. It was Coca-Cola.
Dolphus Raymond's children may be sad because they face prejudice and confusion due to their father's unconventional behavior of pretending to be a drunk in order to live his life on his own terms without interference from the judgmental Maycomb society. This situation could lead to social isolation and emotional turmoil for the children.
Dolphus Raymond is a fictional character in the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. He is not a real person, so his age is not specified.
He pretends to be a drunk so he can be left alone, excused for living with his black mistress and half-cast children. In reality he is tired and fed up with the hypocrisy of white society. Dolphus Raymond is also a mockingbird his innocence destroyed by evil(the prejudices of people because he preferred living with the black community .
coca cola
In Mr. Dolphus Raymond's bottle bag, there is not alcohol, as many assume, but actually just Coca-Cola. He pretends to drink whiskey from it in order to give the townspeople a reason to explain his behavior of siding with African Americans.
Scout and Dill discover that Dolphus Raymond is actually drinking Coca-Cola from the bottle he carries in a paper bag, not alcohol as they initially thought. He pretends to be drunk to give the town something to gossip about and to avoid judgment for his lifestyle choices.
Mr. Dolphus Raymond
Mr. Dolphus Raymond gave Dill a drink of Coca-Cola to settle his stomach. However, he led others to believe that he was drinking alcohol, when in fact it was only Coca-Cola in a bottle.
The town disapproves of him living with the black people of the town. Dolphus has a black wife and mixed children which is unheard of in Maycomb. However, due to the fact that Dolphus has money and land and has a "drinking" problem the town puts up with him.
Most of his description is in Ch 16.
Mr. Dolphus Raymond is different from the rest of the community because he is in love with a black woman, which was not accepted. He had children with her who are mixed races and also are not accepted in the community. In order to live the life he wishes to, Mr. Dolphus Raymond carries a bottle around of what everyone thinks is whiskey in a paper bag and drinks it. However, the drink is actually Coca-Cola, but he acts like a drunk because it allows everyone to think that he is too drunk to realize what he is doing is wrong.