How does "I try to give 'em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason... folks can say Dolphus Raymond's in the clutches of whiskey--that's why he won't change his ways... that's why he lives the way he does." (Chapter 20) apply to other characters

This statement comes from Dolphus Raymond, but it can apply to other characters in the story.

Dolphus Raymond is a white man who comes from an old, reputable family. However, he acts in a way that is the opposite from what most people would expect from such a person. He spends his time with black people, is constantly drunk, and has several children with a black woman.

People are shocked at this behaviour. However, we later find out that he does not actually drink in public. He simply pretends to do so. In this quote, he explains that his "fake drinking" is a way to give people an excuse for his behaviour. People can then explain his life by saying that it is the fault of alcohol, and that this is why he cannot be what they want him to be.

The phrase can apply to any character in the novel that needs to compromise his public image in order to be seen as someone who fits Southern stereotypes. An example of this is Calpurnia, as she changes her way of speaking depending on whether she is surrounded by white or black people.

faulty parallelism is a grammar construction where there is no balance in the parts of a sentence they have a similar meaning but the grammar structure is not equivalent.

the correct version of this faulty parallelism in the sentence is:

jefferson wrote the declaration of independence, and he was the nation's third president.

the problem with the first version is that the sentence:

"jefferson was both the writer of the declaration of independence"

presents jefferson as both a subject and an agent for the verb "write" because if he was "the writer" then the declaration of independence was written by him, besides that fact, the sentence presents a dependent clause.

while the second sentence:

he was the nation's third president.

presents a basic subject+verb+object structure

so, to give a proper balance to the structure, or better said, to give a parallel structure, we must write a basic s+v+o structure in both sentences:

jefferson wrote the declaration of independence, and he was the nation third president.

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