Why Is Bob Ewell Bad

Bob Ewell represents everything bad, wrong, and the worst aspects of the south, he is a drunkard, liar, racist, and a cheat who knowingly falsely accused Tom of raping his daughter. The Ewells are the poorest of the poor in Maycomb, and they know it, they have no breeding, no money, and no education. Now, despite all these handicaps the Ewell family could improve their standing, get jobs become generally contributing members of society, however Bob is the only member of the family who could feasibly do this, he, however is content to live off unemployment and spend it to fuel his drinking habit. This is shown when out young protagonist “Scout” says “He was the only man I’ve ever heard of who was fired from the WPA for laziness”. To me this

In this situation, Bob Ewell can do only so much to try and save face, he also makes good on his threats to harm the people who embarrassed him while in court. He was happy when Tom Robinson died. Bob Ewell is the kind of person who seems to enjoy being mean spirited and cruel. Doing all this, and even before he did all these despicable things, Bob was alienated from the community because to the rest of the town, they were nothing, making no real effort to improve their social status, and the only attempt they made was a false accusation of a man who could’ve lost his life due to this false accusation, by the end of the trial they were exposed, and shamed. This community itself is not a bad one, they are not racist, it was this man who was the bad apple, he represented every bad stereotype of the south, he is a drunk, racist, a gambler and a cheat. The community despised him because of this, they only tolerated him because of his children, who had no mother, the landowners allowed him to poach on his land only due to this fact. Now, all of these things, all of these horrible things this man did, false accusations, attempted murder, engaging in a incestuous relationship with his daughter, would alienate any community. This tells me that this a morally good society, they don’t allow or condone his actions in any way, shape, or form. This does not truly affect him, as he was alienated from