To Kill A Mockingbird Truth Vs Reality Analysis

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Truth is a very fickle concept in everyday society and reality tends to step in just as you begin to believe it is fact. In “To Kill a Mockingbird”, written by Harper Lee, one of the many themes is the difference between truth and reality. Some characters believe in certain things that they believe to be actuality, but as the novel progresses it is revealed their thoughts aren’t always true. In this novel a very crucial Tom Robinson Trial scene expresses this theme tremendously. Through this scene, there are multiple examples of characters being different than what they initially perceived. The prime example of a character being wrongly perceived is the accused in the trial, Tom Robinson. Most townspeople and main characters believe Tom committed the crime he is being tried for due to the just the color of his skin. Even with the minimal evidence and the long speech, presented …show more content…
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
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