Bob Ewell is the person I chose to do my essay on because he is racist and abusive to his family. In the book he accuses Tom Robinson of rapping his daughter when he clearly didn’t. Also he doesn't respect atticus because he was appointed to defend Tom, saying “What kind of man are you?” (Lee). Along with all of the other things that he says thinks that Tom Robinson should have been killed before he even went to trial saying “ I don't know why I didn't kill him myself instead of goin’ to the sheriff?”
Atticus is known around town as one of the best lawyers. Bob knows this and still lies in front of the court, committing perjury. First, Bob Ewell shows the most courage in the novel because he tried to murder
Continually, during the court case, Atticus’ argument insinuated that Bob Ewell was a liar and child beater. Bob Ewell is instantly humiliated by the publication of his terrible actions, and in response, he terrorizes Atticus. When Jem expresses his concern about Mr. Ewell’s antagonization, Atticus asks Jem to “‘stand in Bob Ewell’s shoes’” as Mr. Ewell's last ounce of credibility is lost in the trial (Lee 249). This reveals that even with the immense disrespect Mr. Ewell displays, Atticus retains a sense of compassion and empathy. As a result, Atticus’ true morality is evident through his consistently kind demeanor and defense of the unpleasant people.
Not only did Bob Ewell committed a sinful act against his family, he blamed his actions on someone else. Obviously, his actions display how he committed evil actions. In addition, he fought and harassed people who he opposed of. This includes Tom’s lawyer and his family, his own family, and townspeople. He was rated sixth on the evil scale because of the unjust actions that he caused, and committed.
C1,P16 : Jem, Scout and Dill explain/talk about Boo Radley. He is considered an evil presence in the book. Jem says he dines on raw cats and squirrels, his teeth are yellow and rotten and his eyes popped. C8,P96 : When Jem and Scout were outside watching Miss Maudie’s house burn, Scout received a blanket and didn’t noticed until Atticus saw it later that evening. The children had thought Boo Radley to be evil, until Atticus told them that Boo gave Scout the blanket.
Mockingbirds are beautiful, singing many songs. Showing up in many ways. They do nothing other than amuse and sing for listeners enjoyment, but why hurt them? Jeremy Finch, son of Atticus Finch, brother of Scout and a citizen of Maycomb. In the beginning Jem is ten years old and through the book ages three years and becomes thirteen.
We find out that Boo Radley isn’t anything like what the rumors depict him as. He turned out to be a very nice person that cares about the people close to him. At the end of the book, Atticus passed by him and said “Thank you for my children'' (Lee 276). Atticus, being an adult and knowing more than Scout and Jem, realizes what he has done and how he saved his children and Maycomb as he did a favor getting rid of Bob Ewell who was already trying to kill Jem and Scout and probably would have done even worse things in the future. There are also many other examples of Bob being exceptionally kind such as when he retrieved and sewed Jem’s ripped pants back together.
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee manipulates the character of Tim Johnson to represent the social fabric of Maycomb by showing how the citizens act towards racism. Taking place in Alabama, during the 1930s, the world still sees a separation between the blacks and whites. Blacks were still highly subjugated people who were not permitted to appear talking publically with whites. Tim Johnson, a rabid dog, symbolizes the prejudiced and segregated ways of the people in Maycomb towards the blacks and defenders of black like Atticus Finch. Tim Johnson used to be happy and healthy, however one day, he gets infected with a disease.
Bob Ewell barely had a shred of respect for anyone, and that is all he got in return. Everyone in Maycomb knew he was a man of no dignity, a man who lived in the town dump, without a care for his children. Atticus explains more about the Ewell’s to Scout, “It’s against the law, all right, and it’s certainly bad, but when a man spends his relief checks on green whiskey his children have a way of crying from hunger pains. I don’t know any landowner around here who be grudges those children’s game their father can hit” (Lee 41). Despite living in the dump and having no job to support his children, he does not think once about them
Tom Robinson, a main character in the novel, is accused of beating and raping a young girl named Mayella Ewell. Tom is a young African-American man who worked close to the Ewells. Tom and his family are extremely poor in the community. “Yes suh, I had to serve ‘cause I couldn’t pay the fine.’ (Lee 1930) Walter Cunningham is a child that goes to school, mostly on the first day, with Scout and Jem.
He is an unsullied man that everyone likes but is harassed by the townspeople because he feels he has to defend Tom and if he did not he “couldn’t hold my head up in town, I couldn’t represent this county on the legislature, I couldn’t even tell you or Jem not to do something” (Lee, 100) because if he could not try to do what was right he could not teach his children the difference between right and wrong. Bob Ewell goes as far as personally attacking Atticus for taking a black man’s side over his as a white man. After the trial is over “Atticus was leaving the post office when Mr. Ewell approached him, cursed him, spat on him, and threatened to kill him . . . [Atticus] wiped his face and stood there and let Mr. Ewell call him names” (Lee, 291). In this instance, as always, Atticus is he bigger person and walks away from the fight, avoiding criticism and losing respect.
Bob ewell drinks and beats his daughter and she is shaped into being a rude and lonely person. Boo Radley is misjudged by the wheel town for being a crazy kid who stabbed his father. In reality he's a good person just shy and unwanting of attention. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee depicts that unlikable characters are given sympathy to show that when people come from a long line of hardships others feel an understanding towards them. Mayella is greatly disliked because of her false accusations against Tom Robinson, yet Atticus feels very sympathetic towards her
Atticus Finch symbolizes justice and the courage to defend someone no matter their race. While Bob Ewell is the cowardice, prejudice, and racism of the time period personified. When these two characters confront each other, the difference in their personalities and even their moral standards is clearly evident. In the morning, following the trial the confrontations between Atticus and Bob become physical when “Mr. Bob Ewell stopped Atticus on the post office corner, spat in his face, and told him he’d get him if it took the rest of
Bob was furious at the way Atticus had defended the black person, Tom Robinson. He wanted retribution for something that was, according to his world view, a heinous act against the principles of white men. He knew that he couldn’t get to Atticus directly, so he went after the next best thing—his children. Scout and Jem’s guardian angel, Boo Radley, saved them and they got home alive, if not uninjured. They got home to find that their assailant was none other than Bob Ewell.
Even the language he uses declares his intentions and anger towards the blacks. In the white men world, Bob Ewell is a poor, uneducated and powerless white man; but in the black men world, he is powerful; in his mind, he thinks that the town of Maycomb should make him a hero; he saved a white woman from a black villain. Bob Ewell’s real intention is not to defend his daughter and himself; his real intention is gaining attention, he hates that he is nothing and wants the world to shape around him. He execrated Atticus because Atticus is better than him and educated and rich and a man with morals. At the End of the trial, the Ewells unfold to be lairs, Bob Ewell
