To Kill a Mockingbird: chapter 20 quotes

Question 1

‘Some folks don’t like the way I live… I try to give them a reason, you see.’
‘Cry about the hell white folks give coloured folks’
‘They will never understand the way I live like I do is because that’s the way I want to live.

Answer 1

This quote shows that Raymond pretends to be an alcoholic but only drinks Coca-Cola, implying he does this to give people a reason to excuse his behaviour
(of tolerance and kind interaction with black people). This characterises him as tolerant and wise.

Question 2

‘… and in our courts all men are made equal’

Answer 2

Atticus puts his point into terms easier to understand for the uneducated and ignorant people in the courtroom, stating that based upon the circumstantial evidence he has provided, a final decision should be made very easy. He does this very effectively by using just a few powerful, compelling lines infused with parallelism and similes.