Tom's Testimony and Mr. Raymond?

It is not until Tom's testimony that we really hear what happened on the night of November 21st. According to Tom, Mayella called him as he was passing by and asked him for help with a door. Once he is inside, he sees that the door is perfectly fine. Tom goes to leave, but Mayella asks him to get something down from a dresser and while he is standing on the chair, Mayella hugs him around the waist, and he jups off of the chair in surprise. Mayella then procedes to kiss Tom and tells him to kiss her back. She tells him that that is the first time she had ever kissed someone and that what her father does to her does not count. Tom can not leave with out hurting Mayella and he makes a run for it when Bob Ewell appears and starts yelling and cursing at Mayella.

Im pretty sure that everyone in class knows that it was not Tom who did this to Mayella, it was in fact Bob. I feel really bad for Mayella and everything that is happening to her. It seems like Mayella really tries and wants to have a good life, byt her father and the resr of her family is keeping her from achiving her dream. Mayella acts as a parent for her siblings and does most of the housework, while her father is spending all of their money on booze and is out in the woods drinking. Then when he returns from the woods, he physically and sexually assults Mayella. Eventhough we know that Tom did not rape her, Mayella is still a victim and i feel really bad for her and her life. She doesn't even know what love or friends are. It discusts me that Bob would do that to his own daughter. Do you feel bad for Mayella?

We also recently learn more about Dolphus Raymond. Dolphus Raymond is a man in Maycomb whom prefers to spend time with African Americans than whites. Dolphus Raymond also has many mixed children and has an African American wife. He is known as the town drunk and can always be seen with a brown paper bag wih a bottle in it. However we recently learn that he is never drunk and that he is always drinking coca-cola, not alcohol. We learn this when he offers Dill some when he sees that he was upset about how Tom was being treated dring the cross examination. 

I personally feel really bad that Mr. Raymond has to act this way infront of all the people of Maycomb. I don't think that he should have to act like someone he isint, just to make the people around him comfortable. I do understand that he also acts this way so that the people of Maycomb don't ask questions, but still he should be able to live a life that he is comfortable with and that he enjoys without his neighbors budding into it. Maycomb is a very ignorant town and people like to think what they want for their own acceptance. I also found it sad when he told Dill that soon he will be just like everyone else in Maycomb and catch the "usual disease". I don't think that Dill will become like everyone else and I hope that Mr. Raymond will stop acting like he is always intoxicated.