To Kill A Mockingbird Injustice Quotes Analysis

As stated in “The Scottsboro Boys” by Jessica McBirney, “The Scottsboro incident was one of the earliest signs of the need for racial justice in the U.S.” (McBirney 4). This quote represents how injustice is a problem in places like Maycomb, especially when it comes to race. In To Kill a Mockingbird, injustice is shown all throughout Maycomb, with many different characters who show that injustice is commonly present in Maycomb. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee represents the idea that injustice is the easy answer but not necessarily right through Bob Ewell, Tom Robinson, and Heck Tate.

The theme of injustice is the easy answer but not necessarily the right answer, in To Kill a Mockingbird when Bob Ewell shows injustice toward Tom

One night, as Scout and Jem were walking home in the dark, Bob Ewell tried to attack the two of them. As Bob Ewell attacked Scout and Jem, Boo Radley came outside for the first time in a long time to their rescue. Boo Radley has been staying in his house for many years without going outside, but on this day he went outside with a kitchen knife, and killed Bob Ewell to save Scout and Jem and safely bring them home. Heck Tate, who is the county sheriff, sees what has happened and decides to hide the knife Bob Ewell uses to attack the children. He says to Atticus that Bob has accidentally killed himself as he stumbled onto his own knife, but Atticus doesn't buy it. In response to this, Heck Tate says “There's a black boy dead for no reason, and the man responsible for it’s dead. Let the dead bury the dead'' (Lee 369). Heck, Tates wants to protect Boo’s peace as he doesnt want Boo to get in trouble for something he didn't intentionally do. Bob Ewell also sent Tom Robinson to death, so Heck believed that it was right to silence Bob’s death. Though Bob had done terrible things and sent Tom Robinson to death, he still deserves justice for his own death, but instead it was silenced and Boo Radley was not punished for it. Hecks actions to protect Boo Radley also shows Bob Ewell injustice as his death was silenced and Boo was not