een times is outrageous . Thus Showing that Harper Lee creates a supportive and positive portrayal of black citizens . By making the reader fell a sense of sympathy for black people Harper Lee shows that the black people in this novel have rights and opinions of their own . When Jem , Scout , and Dill are having a talk about Mr . Dolphus Raymond and his mixed children Jem says , " They don't belong anywhere . Coloured folks won't have em because they're half white; white folks won't have em because they're coloured . " (p . 161) . This creates sympathy by making the reader feel sorry for these mixed children , they're not wanted by anyone black or white . Earlier in the novel When Aunt Alexandra arrives at the house she thinks it would be better that it was time for Calpurnia to leave when Atticus says , " Alexandra , Calpurnia's not leaving this house until she wants to . . . I couldn't have got along without her all these years . " (p.137) . This has the reader feel sympathetic for Calpurnia because as Atticus said he wouldn't have got along all those years without her . Also she's been a part of the family for so long and Alexandra just comes along and expects to take over which isn't right . When Jem and Atticus are talking about the jury and their decision Atticus says to Jem , " In courts , when it's a white man's word against a black man's , the white man always wins . " (p . 220) . This makes the reader feel sympathetic for Tom because he was tried guilty only because it was his word against two white people's word . Again showing that Harper Lee creates a supportive and positive portrayal of black citizens by making the reader feel sorry for them . By having the reader feel respect for the black people Harper Lee again shows here supportive and positive portrayal of black citizens . After the trial when Atticus is leaving as he walkes down the aisle all the black people rose from their seats , Scout in amazement said , " T...
