The art of deception is known to lie in various places: superheroes, lies, appearances, and within one's self. It is very well known by everyone. It holds a common ground for a complex characters, and an unknown yet unnecessary piecework for characters of a simple, static nature. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is about a small girl named Scout who finds herself in the midst of racism and deception. The novel as well as reality is sporadic about usage of deception. A certain contradistinction defines the collective population. Therefore, synchronization of people is uncommon. This disarray of people is played in a convincing portrayal of characters in the novel. Harper Lee's ...view middle of the document...
However, it is this deception that Atticus and Heck Tate must see past and understand. This perception is how Heck Tate and Atticus process the decision not to accuse Boo for the murder of Bob Ewell. This deception would’ve killed him in a trial. This portrayal of Boo Radley as a character is interpreted as a tone of negativism to deceptive appearances. Furthermore, Dolphus Raymond's purposeful deception reveals Lee's inevitability of deception. Raymond is a man of white heritage, who willingly marries a colored woman. This action is deemed a disgrace in the society of Maycomb. However, as Lee points out in Raymond's words, "I could say the hell with 'em" (260). Raymond could live on ignoring the townspeople, but he is compelled to continue onward to deception. As he illustrates, "I do say I don't like it, right enough-but I don't say the hell with 'em" (260). Instead, Raymond puts up a facade of being the town's drunk, so the people of Maycomb have an excuse for his conscious actions since the citizens cannot fathom such a decision. This deceit is inevitable, and sometimes it is an unofficial necessity of life. Lee knows this. Evidently, Lee's negativism and inevitability of deception is overruled by her characters that appear as they are.
To continue onward, Bob Ewell and Atticus Finch illustrate how Lee uses a forthright portrayal of characters without the use of deception. Moreover, Bob Ewell's straight forward appearance of being indecent shows Lee's neglect for the need of deception. The notion he gives off is one of complete revolution. Lee shows use this by using Scout's narration to say, "[a]ll the little man on the witness stand had that made him better than his nearest neighbour was that id scrubbed with lye soap, his skin was white" (229). Out front Lee says that Ewell is as filthy a man as his appearance shows him to be. This portrayal reveals that...
