Similarities Between Atticus And Bob Ewell

Nothing like two men going against each other. Whether it’s something as small as a little argument over text, or something as big as a fight going down in the school hallway, whether you’re the one trying to settle the argument down, or you’re the one adding to the wildfire, the possibilities are endless. Sometimes these conflicts get resolved, but other times.. not as much. To Kill a Mockingbird, a book by Harper Lee, is a story from the perspective of Scout, one of the young characters, and how she, along with her brother, Jem, and her father, Atticus, learn about the world around them over the course of three years. In this book, To Kill a Mockingbird, we see Atticus Finch and Bob Ewell as examples of opposites. Atticus is the one who stays

Bob Ewell was not happy over how Atticus went back at him at the trial. Bob Ewell was out to get him, but first he went after his kids. Mr. Heck Tate was telling Atticus how when Jem and Scout were out in the forest, Bob Ewell was out there trying to kill them. “Don’t like to contradict you, Mr. Finch– wasn’t crazy, mean as hell. Low-down skunk with enough liquor in him to make him brave enough to kill children.” (Lee 360). This whole

On the topic of the trial, Mayella Ewell can be seen almost exposing Bob Ewell for potentially being an abusive father at home, and also being the one who beat her up, instead of Tom Robinson who is originally the one accused for beating Mayella up. Atticus is asking Mayella questions about her father, and when he asks her if her father is easy to get along with, she says, “he does tollable, ‘cept when–”. (Lee 245). She stops speaking after she says “‘cept when”, in an attempt to not say something that she didn’t mean to say. It seems like Bob Ewell might’ve forced Mayella to lie, so that Bob Ewell wouldn’t seem like the bad guy. It also looked like Mayella was being watched by Bob, and was scared of what the consequences would’ve been if she were to share what Bob Ewell does to her. Both of these examples represent how Bob Ewell is formed into a violent and untruthful