At the end of the book, To Kill A Mockingbird, Bob Ewell comes after Jem and Scout and attempts to kill them. In the midst of the attack Boo Radley comes to their rescue and kills Bob Ewell. When the sheriff of Maycomb, Heck Tate, inspects the crime scene he can tell Boo killed Mr. Ewell. Instead of telling everyone the truth he makes the decision to tell the town that Mr. Ewell fell on his knife and killed himself. He does this because he knows that if he tells the truth, their will have to be a trial and that Boo wouldn’t be able to handle all the trauma of being in the spotlight. At first I felt like Mr. tate made the right decision but after I thought it through some more I began to disagree with him. Although it would be traumatizing