Examples Of Bob Ewell In To Kill A Mockingbird

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In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Bob Ewell acts uncivil and abusive. Mr. Ewell seems to care less about the etiquette of the courtroom when he “[makes] a hasty descent from the stand and [runs] smack into Atticus” (Lee 199). Harper Lee includes this scene to emphasize the ill-mannered attitude of Bob Ewell; he shows disrespect to Atticus, even in a courtroom. As the only witness to misbehave, Ewell displays a careless personality and rude behavior toward Atticus, Judge Taylor, Tom Robinson, and the rest of the courtroom. Mr. Ewell, therefore, blames Tom Robinson for raping his daughter Mayella, but Bob Ewell’s abusive actions are revealed when Tom recalls Mayella of saying “what her papa do to her don’t count” (Lee 221). This important