One of the most interesting characters in the book is Dolphus Raymond. Explain how his lifestyle is different and why he is allowed to do the things...

Dolphus Raymond is one of the most
interestingin the entire book. He actually prefers the company of African Americans and has
several children with an African American woman. He is frequently seen drinking out of a paper
sack and weaving a little, leading people to believe that he is a local drunk, thus giving the
upper echelon of white society a reason to explain his "unexplainable"
preferences.

However, when Dill leaves the courtroom and is offered a drink
from Mr. Raymond's sack, he realizes that it's nothing but Coca-Cola. The kids question Mr.
Raymond, and he explains his intentional deception this way:

I try to give 'em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto 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 whiskeythat's why he won't change his ways. He can't help himself,
that's why he lives the way he does.

He goes on to say
that white Maycomb citizens could never understand that he prefers to live this way, so
deceiving them is a way for them to excuse his behavior and leave him alone to enjoy his life on
his own terms.

This fascinatesas she has "never encountered a being who
deliberately perpetrated fraud against himself." Yet this fraud allows Mr. Raymond the
personal freedom to live as he desires and shows yet another example of a person who has to make
societal compromises because he doesn't quite fit within the confines of the expectations of
Maycomb life.