The Ewell children are invisible to Maycomb County when they walk around Maycomb County they usually get rude stares or no looks at all. Ater the Tom Robinson court case the Ewell children decided to step up to their father. The Children followed their oldest brother, Ted, around when dealing with Mr. Ewell. Ted is a jealous teen, maybe because all the other white kids can read and write in Maycomb or because he does not have a reliable father. Aunt Alexandra considers the Ewell family as "poor white trash."
Ted wants to go to school but there are many obstacles in his way. One obstacle is his father, who believes that his children do not need an education. Another obstacle is that Ted has a low attendance rate at school and still is in the 3rd grade even though he is 14 years old. When ted goes to school, he is behind, but tries to work his hardest and tries to persevere. Having a goal to become a Social Worker to help kids like him, Ted plans to leave Maycomb County to go to college. Among those living in the Ewell home, Ted is the smartest.
Ted's stomach is always growling, getting out of bed or even walking hurts his small
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Ewell kept the kids busy with a list of chores. Mr. Ewell treats the kids with little to no respect, but since the children have evidence that they can use against their father, Mr. Ewell has learned to be more careful. "Exposure to the topic of rape would not be good for them," is Mr. Ewell's excuse. The children saw their father mistreating Mayella. Ted does not try to socialize or have a relationship with his father. When he talks to his father, which was rare, Mr. Ewell would give him a dirty glare. When Ted is doing something wrong, he will be sent through the doors. Entering the doors was like the entering a dungeon full of darkness and spider webs. Mr. Ewell will wait for Ted. When Ted comes out of the doors, he is bruised and his younger siblings wait to help him regain his
They are respectful towards others and polite. Another way the families differ, includes the way they respect the law or obey the rules. The Ewells think they can get away with illegal things, such as poaching. The Ewell's Boy Burris can be mean and hateful towards other. He once was so mean to his teacher she started crying and “He waited until
The Ewells and Cunningham families in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee or complete opposites of eachother. The first way they vary is in their appearance. The Ewells don 't care what they look like so their “necks are dark grey, backs of hands are rusty, and fingernails black deep into the quick” (27). However, the Cunninghams look as best the can with a “clean shirt and neatly pressed overalls” (19). Another way they differ is their education.
The Ewell’s seem to have trouble with telling the truth. Mayella is lying about her story in order to hide the fact that her father most likely shouldn’t be taking care of her. Mayella comes in with injuries that she blames on Tom Robinson attacking, but everyone in the room knows that her father gets really angry when he’s drinking. Then, when Mayella is asked if her father has ever mistreated her, she hesitates before answering no. The hesitation was clearly noticeable and had to mean something.
Second of all, the Ewells are also a disgrace to Maycomb. Atticus says, “ The Ewells had been the disgrace of Maycomb for three generations. None of them had done an honest day’s work in his recollection.” (Lee 40). They also don’t work very hard.
Bob Ewell is an unemployed drunk who is the father of Mayella Ewell and her younger siblings. Mayella’s family is so poor that her and her siblings only go to school on the first day just to mark their appearance, because they need to spend their time hunting for food. Since they don’t attend school they barely get an education. When Bob Ewell has the opportunity to spend money on food or clothes he takes advantage of it and spends it on alcohol. In the town of Maycomb they only made it this far because of their skin color.
His wife died before the book of mysterious circumstances we do not know of. He does not have a job and the only time he gets one he only has it for a week and gets fired for “laziness”. Tom Ewell is very lazy caring for very little; he beats his children when they do something wrong as seen with Mayella at the trial. He also has a very big ego and hates anyone messing with him making him look worse than he seems. Bob Ewell will go to crazy limits to get the blame on others to keep himself off the
Her father, Bob Ewell, becomes furious but Tom runs away before Bob could hurt him. The Ewells decided to bring the issue to court by accusing Tom Robinson of rape. Later in court, it is discussed that Tom runs away. He makes a valid point that any black man would be convicted and he was scared. Tom pled “Like I says before, it weren't safe for any ni**** to be in a--fix like that. . .
I was on the verge of leavin’”(27). Unlike Walter Cunningham who has respect for the teacher after she asks about his lunch. Another difference is the amount of effort they give. The Ewells don’t give as much effort. The Ewell dad doesn’t work and “spends his relief checks on green whiskey”.
The fictional story, To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee includes an evil character, Bob Ewell. The story takes place in Maycomb, a southern town in Alabama in the 1930s. The Ewell family is among the poorest in Maycomb, and is low on Maycomb’s social hierarchy. The family name is not very reputable. Bob Ewell is a drunken father of the family.
In fact, old Mr. Ewell and Mrs. Merriweather are far from the model Christians they are supposed to be. Mr. Radley’s treatment of Boo turns Boo into the shut-in stigmatized figure that he becomes. Mrs. Merriweather demonstrates her duplicitousness with an urge to help people who are half a world away but coughing up only hatred for the black people who reside in Maycomb. Mostly, the children find that they are easily swayed by the adults who walk through life with prejudice and they are nowhere near immune to the disease of exhibiting prejudice. With a greater understanding of how people behave, the children learn a valuable lesson from the thin lines that separate people acting right and people acting
Mr.Ewell arrived first from the woods before the kids. Atticus asked, “Why didn't you scream make them come running? The dump’s is closer than the woods, isn’t it?”. “Where were they?” No Answer.
1. After the trial , how do the children and Atticus respond to Bob Ewell’s threats? Originally, after the trial the children responded in fear to Bob Ewell’s threats, stemming from the main incident where Mr.. Ewell “threatened to kill [Atticus]” (237).
September begins and Dill leaves Maycomb to go back to the town of Meridian. Scout feels sad but is excited to go to school for the first time. She has been longing to go to school and in the past would spy on the school children through a telescope. However, on her first day of school she gets assigned to Miss Caroline Fisher who is unaware of the Maycomb customs because she is from north Alabama. Miss Caroline Fisher is not very pleasant with the children and becomes extremely upset with Scout when she learns that Atticus has taught Scout to read.
Back then segregation was a problem. It is surprising that the Ewell’s would make a lie just to get Tom Robinson killed. This is because on page 257, it says “Tom Robinson was probably the only person who was ever decent to her. So, knowing this, Tom would have no motive in hurting Mayella if he was the only one who was nice to her. This is why I believe Bob Ewell abused his own daughter instead of Tom