There's more to what meets the eye
...he first hears about some of these talents, she is able to witness his best talent in action. These examples of Atticus’s hidden talents are perfect representations of why what you judge when you judge a book by its cover is not always accurate. Because of Mrs. Dubose’s inner demons, she comes off as a woman who gets sheer enjoyment out of making Scout and Jem miserable. (pg 99) “Don’t say hey to me, you ugly girl! You say good afternoon, Mrs. Dubose!” Scolding Scout after she had not given her a proper greeting, Mrs. Dubose showed she could turn a simple hello into an attack. Mrs. Dubose also showed no hesitation to express what she thought about Atticus defending Tom Robinson. (pg 102) “Yes indeed, what has this world come to when a Finch goes against his raising? I’ll tell you!” What Scout and Jem had no idea of was that Mrs. Dubose was undergoing a battle of a morphine addiction. When Jem is forced to read to her for a couple of hours a day, he and Scout are able to see first hand why Mrs. Dubose is so tactless and nasty. This experience gives Scout and Jem a further understanding of why people need to know the person they’re judging before judging them. Although the town makes Dolphus Raymond out to be the town drunk, he in fact has many secrets that he chooses to leave secrets. (pg 200) “I try to give ‘em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch on to a reason. When I come to town…if I weave a little and drink out of this sack, folks can say Dolphus Raymond’s in the clutches of his whiskey…” Tom lives his life like this because he has mixed children, which was basically a sin at the time. Instead of resenting people for the prejudice they put upon him, Tom describes his lifestyle as if he does them a favor. (pg 200-201) “It ain’t honest but it’s mighty helpful to folks. Secretly, Miss Finch, I’m not much of a drinker, but you see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that’s the way I want to live.” As Tom reveals his secr...