Mr. Dick Avery is an interesting, colorful character whose main purpose is to perhaps give us another view of the older generation in Maycomb. Mr. Avery rents a room from Mrs. Dubose and lives down the street from the Finches. He sits on the porch of Mrs. Dubose’s house each night sneezing and whittling toothpicks. He has also been seen peeing off the porch (with an exceptional arc to the pee) by Scout and Jem. ...
Mr. Dick Avery is an interesting, colorful character whose main purpose is to perhaps give us another view of the older generation in Maycomb. Mr. Avery rents a room from Mrs. Dubose and lives down the street from the Finches. He sits on the porch of Mrs. Dubose’s house each night sneezing and whittling toothpicks. He has also been seen peeing off the porch (with an exceptional arc to the pee) by Scout and Jem. Scout and Jem always look out for Mr. Avery because they want to see what crazy thing he will do next. When the snow comes to Maycomb, Mr. Avery blames Scout and Jem for being bad kids for the sudden, unusual weather. In retaliation, Jem and Scout build a big, rotund snowman that looks like Mr. Avery. Atticus makes Jem disguise it so it isn’t so obvious that Jem has crafted an effigy of Mr. Avery with the snowman.
Because Mr. Avery seems to be an unfriendly, grumpy old man, I think he would have old southern values much like the ones Mrs. Dubose shows when she makes disparaging remarks to Scout and Jem about the trial. He probably doesn’t agree with Atticus defending Tom Robinson and may be why he harasses the kids for the bad weather that came to Maycomb. He doesn’t seem to have much motivation to do anything but sit around and make inappropriate comments and partake in uncouth behavior. I think we can probably count on Mr. Avery having old-fashioned, racist attitudes and beliefs about the Tom Robinson trial because of the way he treats Scout and Jem. I also don't think Mrs. Dubose would have a tenant who exhibited progressive, liberal views on race as well.
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