town‚ Maycomb Alabama. Important characters are Atticus Finch‚ Jem Finch‚ Arthur Radley‚ Bob Ewell‚ and Tom Robinson; all of these characters lead to major plot points. Harper Lee uses the symbol of a Mockingbird to display the idea that harming the innocent is one of the worst things you can do. When Bob Ewell tried to ambush the Finch kids‚ he was about to commit the worst sin‚ killing a mockingbird. Bob Ewell wants to get back at Atticus Finch for humiliating him in front of the entirety of Maycomb
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O’Brien 1/3/13 “Whoever does wrong‚ wrongs himself” In other words‚ when someone does something wrong it back fires and they end up hurting themselves. I agree with the above quote from personal experiences and from factual evidence I have found. Bob Ewell‚ from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mocking Bird and Macbeth‚ from Shakespeare’s play Macbeth demonstrate that by doing wrong it only hurts yourself in the end. Through the use of characterization‚ Shakespeare illustrates
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challenges of racism during the 1930’s. In the novel a man named Bob Ewell accuses a black man of raping his daughter. Throughout the novel‚ Bob Ewell remains prejudice. Towards the middle of the novel Bob Ewell accuses a black man by the name of Tom Robinson of rape. Bob Ewell sees his daughter kissing Tom and decides to accuse him of rape. At the trial Bob states‚ “-I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella” (231). Mr. Ewell has “Maycomb’s usual disease”‚ prejudice and does not accept
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Mockingbird‚ three characters‚ Bob Ewell‚ Jem and Atticus demonstrate the different ways courage is driven and the many effects of having courage. Bob Ewell shows how anger can drive courage and how this anger-driven courage can be perceived as cruelty. For example‚ Bob Ewell goes up to Atticus‚ spits in his face and calls him a “nigger-lovin’ bastard” (291). Bob Ewell is courageous to openly admit that he despises Atticus‚ which leads Atticus and others to believe Bob Ewell is temperamental and rude
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everyone gets caught. That depends on many factors it depends on if the jury is biased like what happened in To Kill A Mockingbird. Bob Ewell lied on the testimony stand in comparison to real-world George Freeman lied for the same reason as Bob Ewell to protect themselves. People will do anything to save themselves or to benefit themselves. George Freeman and Bob Ewell from To Kill a Mockingbird are the same because they tried to save themselves‚ even if it meant to ruin someone else’s life.They both
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In a world full of racism would you choose to be a Bob Ewell‚ or an Atticus Finch? In the book to Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee the author discuss a person of color wrongly accused for crimes he never committed. In this racially based time period‚ this book looks into the lives of Tom Robinson‚ Atticus Finch‚ and Bob Ewell as we view the injustices that were commonplace in that day and age. After Bob Ewell attacks his daughter and accuses Tom Robinson of assaulting and raping her out of
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In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Mayella Ewell is a nineteen year old girl who accused Tom Robinson‚ a black man who helped do handy man jobs‚ of rape. She brought him to court and perjured against him. Scout gave insights and her own reflections about Mayella. Scout reveals some insights about Mayella Ewell. Mayella was the daughter of Bob Ewell. The Ewell family lived by the town dumpsters that have filthy surroundings. To keep themselves clean‚ someone had to bring up a pail of water
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Mayella Ewell‚ a 19 year old girl‚ uneducated‚ unaware‚ and unnoticed. Forced to live in a broken home with an alcohol driven father‚ and seven motherless siblings. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird Mayella Ewell‚ a 19 year old girl from Maycomb‚ accused a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ of rape. Tom Robinson is then put on trial with Atticus Finch defending him. After lListening to a combination of Mayella Ewell and Tom Robinson’s testimoniesfy during the trial the reader can only realize the
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Mayella Violet Ewell is Tom Robinson’s 19-and-a-half-year-old accuser and the eldest daughter of Bob Ewell; she has to take care of her siblings (such as Burris Ewell) due to Bob Ewell’s alcoholism. Before the trial‚ Mayella is noted for growing red geraniums outside her otherwise dirty home. Due to her family’s living situation‚ Mayella has no opportunity for human contact or love‚ and she eventually gets so desperate that she attempts to seduce a black man‚ Tom Robinson. Her father sees this through
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Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” has many characters with such a wide variety of personalities. Two families that are juxtaposed and show a contrast are the Cunninghams and the Ewells. The comparison in this essay will be about the personalities of these two families through how they care about education‚ how they treat others as well as themselves‚ and how their financial situations are the same‚ but handled differently. All
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