Bone Man By Harper Lee: Character Analysis

“Cause I’m only human after all, You’re only human after all, Don’t put the blame on me”. Lines from a song called “Human” by Rag ‘n’ Bone Man. He beautifully states how humans make mistakes and that’s okay. In this novel, there were many characters who were looked at wrong or went unnoticed. Of course everyone loved the main characters Atticus, Scout, Jem, Dill, etc… But no one really noticed the other characters; the characters who made mistakes because we as humans make mistakes all the time. Harper Lee gave a number of challenging predicaments to characters in this story. Most of the characters were able to overcome the problems but there were a few who didn't and because of that they got shamed by the characters in the story and by
Mr. Raymond is a character who is married to an African woman, has a mixed family and lets the town believe he is a drunk when in reality it’s just another plain old soda. Not only does the town dislike him and his wife but they also aren’t kind to his children. During the court case, Scout and Dill had walked outside and they saw Mr. Raymond
“‘Scout, it’s nothing but Coca-Cola.’ Mr. Raymond sat up against the tree-trunk. He had been lying on the grass.’You little folks won’t tell on me now, will you? It’d ruin my reputation if you did’” (Lee 204). The exchange between them shows how quickly people make assumptions in this story and get looked at wrong. Mr. Raymond is just a normal man with a family but because that family is a beautiful mix of colors, he is assumed to be a drunk and is called a “sinner”. All it took was for one person to assume Mr.Raymond was a sad drunk because of his family and the whole town started to see him that way when in reality he just loves soda and his family. This is one of these moral dilemmas that Lee created; why does he let the town think of him this way when he can easily just stand up and prove he’s not the drunk everyone says he is? So why doesn’t he stand up for himself or his family? He knows that no matter if he clears this rumor up that another will simply take its place. This town is so cruel towards the unknown that they will always find a cruel reason on why it’s happening instead of just realizing that it’s love. Similarly with this quote, Dill and Scout are still talking with Mr. Raymond. Mr.Raymond