Bob Ewell Greed

After the trial, Atticus explains how his kind gesture impacted others. He tells Jem, “if spitting in my face and threatening me saved Mayella Ewell one extra beating, that's something I'll gladly take. He had to take it out on somebody and I'd rather it be me than that houseful of children out there. You understand?” (Lee 180). This quotation shows the direct result of how compassion can affect other people. When faced with the same situation, many people would choose to use unkind words or even physical violence to get revenge on Bob Ewell. This would lead to further conflict and perhaps some regrets as well. Atticus’ actions in this situation prove furthermore how kindness always wins. Although hate and anger are directed at him, he chooses to see the bigger picture and realizes that by not fighting back, he is saving Mayella and the Ewell children from a possible beating. He understands that Bob Ewell needs to take his frustration out on someone and he would rather it be him than the children. In the long run, this makes Atticus a hero, as he chooses compassion over

“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, is the story of racial segregation and inequality of black men and white women. To be completely honest, I feel everyone should know that he is not guilty. Tom Robinson should not be the convicted man. There was never enough evidence to prove him so. On top of that, how should he be considered guilty he couldn’t have done the crime because he only has one arm and was said to be choked which normally requires two hands.

In the trial Atticus is questioning Mayella Ewell during the trial of Tom Robinson.”When asked how her father treats her, she says, “ He does tollable, ‘cept when-’”. Mr. Ewell looks at Mayella with a stern look of anger at her. She says, “except nothin...I said he’s tollable”. Atticus whispers in her ear “Except when he’s drinking”. Mayella nods in agreement.” (“DBQ is Mayella Ewell Powerful?” 15). This shows that Mr. Ewell was a drinker and may have done some very terrible stuff when drunk. Possibly could have harmed Mayella when he was drunk or abused her with Mayella being a woman and cannot defend herself.. This proves that Mayella is not powerful due to her gender from the abuse of her father

He created a case against Tom Robinson and tried and succeeded in getting him killed. He also beat his children in drunken rage of his poverty. This showed cowardice beyond belief. When it came for the trial he beat up Mayella and forced her to lie to the court (which was also cowardice on Mayella’s part to listen to her father). A man who tries to falsely convict another person just for his race was the most pathetic thing a human being can do. To top it all off Bob Ewell tries to kill two innocent little children, Scout and Jem, while being drunk instead of facing Atticus himself. “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. He'd never have met you face to face.”(Lee 269). This quote spoken by the sheriff Heck Tate talks about how someone who is so low and shameless is willing to kill little kids to prove that he is stronger. From his cowardice Bob Ewell learned nothing but death. He ended up dying while due to his drunkenness. From a reader’s perspective, he deserved nothing better than

Ewell finally “lean[s] back again,” as if satisfied with her answer. Later, she expresses a micro-expression, as many people who are lying tend to do, where she revealed her true feelings about her father when she nodded and agreed with Atticus that when Mr. Ewell drinks, he is intolerable. A person nodding is “a tell” to determine that someone is lying and not telling the full truth, so when Mayella nodded at Atticus, this could mean that she thought her dad was intolerable while drunk, and maybe even harmful to others, possibly even her. Next, Atticus asked her if Mr. Ewell ever hurt her; however, when asked she “looked around” and did not answer the question right away. She stalled on her answer as if she was thinking about whether to reveal the truth or

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Tom Robinson has been accused of beating and raping Mayella Ewell. Tom was married and has three kids. He works for Link Deas picking cotton, pecans, and doing work around the yard for him. Tom acquired an injury one day in Mr. Dolphus Raymond’s cotton gin when he was little. Tom passes by the Ewell place every day to get to work. Tom is put on trial for his life because the claim made by the Ewells of rape. The case is basically the Ewell’s word verses Toms. During the case Mayella slips up on what really happen. Because of the type of injury Tom has, Mayella’s slips up on the stand, and the fact that Tom was already married, the jury should acquit Tom- finding him not guilty.

Little does she know and to her greatest misfortune, the less questions she answers, the guiltier she looks. Throughout Tom Robinson’s “interrogation”, he remains perfectly fine, though with a hint of nervousness undoubtedly proves Mayella and her father wrong and “mistaken in th’ mind”. Tom quotes what Mayella clearly did on the day of the alleged rape, and he states, “...she’d grabbed me around the legs..she reached up an’ kissed me ‘side of th’ face.” (194) Tom also states what Bob had said to Mayella with hesitation, due to children being present stating it with absolute assurance of the words used by Bob Ewell, “...you goddamn whore, I’ll kill ya.” (194) After the vulgar remark that Bob supposedly shouted at Mayella, their [Mayella and Bob’s] body language and hostility became known to the wholeness of the court, not making them look too innocent on their part. Not only does their body language give them a bad case, but so does their rudeness, by using the utmost amount of discourteous and ill-mannered language towards Atticus and

Is Mayella Powerful? Power is relevant in several different ways; however, there are three main elements of power. Some have power in their gender, race, or social class. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee writes about people and power. Specifically, the character of Mayella Ewell charges a black man with raping her.

Atticus says “The main one is, if I didn’t I couldn’t hold my head up in town, I couldn’t represent this country in the legislature, I couldn’t even tell you or Jem no to something again” (100). Atticus is telling Scout why he has to take the case of Tom Robinson. This quote shows Atticus was a nice man that wanted to protect a black man from being falsely accused of a crime he didn’t commit. As the story continues, Atticus goes on and defends Tom and makes Bob Ewell look like a fool. Scout explains “Mr.Bob Ewell stopped Atticus on the post office corner, spat in his face, and told him he’d get him if it took the rest of his life” (290). Bob Ewell is angry at Atticus for humiliating him in court and defending a black man against him. This quote shows Bob was so angry at Atticus that he tried to kill his children Jem and

This can be shown in multiple instances throughout the novel. Although Bob is a father, he does not carry out his responsibilities when it comes to caring for his children. For example, he doesn’t make his children attend school so they do not have the proper education. In addition, he is an alcoholic and spends all of the money he has, which is not a lot, on alcohol instead of food, clothes, and other necessities. When he is drunk, he beats his children as well. Failing to carry out his duties as a father is not the only example that proves he has no integrity or moral goodness. Bob also lied under oath about Tom Robinson raping Mayella, when he was the one who actually beat and raped. If he did have moral values, he would have told the truth and took responsibility for his actions. His actions and behavior are shown best when he spits on Atticus and threatens him as a sign of disrespect and hatred for representing a black man in court. In the story, he doesn’t show guilt at all after making the immoral choice to accuse Tom Robinson of rape and beating Mayella. Overall, Bob Ewell does not stand for any morals and therefore is not person of

In a hostile environment, the task of having morality is often difficult. Maycomb, Alabama is a hostile city with different kinds of people. Everyone has his or her own values, and their families reflect upon it. Within this violent environment, Atticus Finch and Calpurnia teach Scout about their opinions on empathy and respect. One of Atticus’s main values is empathy.

For example, when Atticus addresses Mayella as “ma'am” or “miss,” she believes it is a sign of Atticus mocking her. Proving that Mayella was never greatly respected or at all throughout her life. Mayella owns geranium flowers that Scout emphasizes for being so well cared for, because she realizes that Mayella looks like she is trying to keep clean, and one may believe that Mayella wanted more than to live in a Negro cabin where its windows were spaces in the wall with a dirt yard behind the town’s garbage dump. Scout also notes the geraniums because she believes that Mayella uses them to separate herself from the rest of the Ewell family. Bob Ewell is an alcoholic and an abusive father. Presented in To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus says “he thought he’d be a hero, but all he got for his pain was… okay, we’ll convict this Negro but get back to your dump.” (Lee, Chapter 27) Stating that although Bob is white, he is still unwanted by others even after Tom Robinson’s conviction. Mayella suffers from her life at home by being abused, let alone is thought of and expected to be lower than everyone else as a reflection of her polluted appearance, her family’s low income, and her father’s

I think Bob Gallo is a good representative person of pride and selfishness. He was already the number one in his field by discovering the human retro virus, yet he desired to have more. His greed overtook the sense of honesty and truthfulness that scientists should have and dishonored his fame and even his previous work. He should have respected the French research team as well as the other researchers in the US who were trying to help people dying of the unknown virus. Over all Bob Gallo was so greed and did not realize what the real purpose of scientific research is. This clearly shown in his “us versus them” idea if he was a true scientist who cared about people, he would have supported the others.

Whatever respect or sympathy the reader might have had for Bob Ewell is dispelled by his behaviour in the courtroom and the evidence that Atticus produces that he was the cause of Mayella's beating. Not only is he a self-righteous bully but he is prepared to sacrifice Tom Robinson's life for his own selfish ends. The reader is more likely to feel sympathy for Mayella as the trial progresses. Her loneliness and need for simple human contact are made painfully evident as Scout comes to understand that she is 'the loneliest

For instance, during the trial, Mayella was depicted as an innocent, feeble victim, however, Atticus attacks this false image and he tells the jury, “She [Mayella] was white and she tempted a Negro” (Paragraph 6) According to Atticus’s theory, Mayella had never been raped and had lied to bury the evidence of her offense, an act that went against all social order in Maycomb, thus inspiring feelings of disgust and disbelief within the jury. By antagonizing Mayella, Atticus causes the jury to question Mayella’s word and no longer regard her with pity, by revealing her true colors. Atticus also appeals to the jury’s emotions, when he describes Tom to the jury, “And so a quiet, respectable, humble Negro...had to put his word against two white people’s” (Paragraph 8). Atticus effectively breaks the racial barriers and strips the jury from their prejudiced views of blacks, by presenting Tom as a respectable and humble man. Above all, by demonstrating how Tom was like any other respectable man, regardless of his skin color, Atticus evokes sympathy within the jury through causing them to consider the unfairness of his trial, considering the prejudice present in the courtroom. Atticus also attempts to garner the jury’s pity for Tom, when he states, “...my pity does not extend so far so as to her [Mayella] putting a man’s life at stake, which she has done in effort to rid her of her own guilt” (Paragraph 3). Atticus explains how Mayella’s true motive for accusing Tom was to cover up her offense, kissing a Negro, and she went as far as to even jeopardizing his life. By revealing Mayella’s selfish motive, Atticus presents Tom as the real victim, rather Mayella. Therefore, Atticus is able to convey Tom’s innocence in the case and evoke the jury’s pity, considering that Tom’s life was entirely dependent on an unreliable chief witness’s testimony.