Along with Tom, Dolphus is also initially written off since he is married to a negroe and has mixed children. He is known by the people of Maycomb as the town drunk/ hobo and has a certain reputation. It’s during this trial Scout and Dill learn Dolphus is entirely different than they thought. “I try to give ‘em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason. 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 (Lee 268).” Despite popular belief, Dolphus is actually a wealthy man and drinks cola in that brown bag he carries. The only reason he let’s people believe it is alcohol is because he is trying to keep that reputation, so that he can be known as the alcoholic, instead as a “sinner” by the racists. Dolphus loves his wife and children, no matter the race. It really shows how one’s truth can be not even close to the reality of the