Atticus and
Dolphus:
SIMILARITIES: Both enjoy the company of people
regardless of their race. Both understand the cruelty of racism and its effect on
people. Both have a desire to see justice. Both value the innocence of children. Both
treat people the same regardless of race. Both come from families with great wealth and
tradition in the region.
DIFFERENCES: Atticus uses his
position, authority and actions to demonstrate his attitude toward race and justice. In
that society, this threw some people for a loop. They didn't appreciate Atticus acting
on his moral principles that were hard to live up to. Dolphus gives people an appearance
and allows them to judge him. Faking that he is a drunk, people excuse his behavior of
preferring blacks to whites as a result of his alcoholism. Atticus' life seems proper,
whereas Dolphus seems to live on the edge.
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