English Narrative Assessment: To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

During the trial Bob Ewell is very confident and full of himself. It is almost time for Mr. Ewell to talk about his version of the story and scout describes what he was doing, “As judge taylor banged his gavel, Mr. Ewell was sitting smugly in the witness chair, surveying his handiwork” (Lee 232). Bob Ewell does not care what he looks like or does in the trial because he is confident he will win, and that is why he acts unprofessional. His race is superior for him to win and he shows it by not caring in the trial.

First off the book states that the Ewell family is basically trash and that Bob did not take care of his family. The book also declares that Bob is not a good father and takes advantage of his daughter Mayella Ewell the victim of the crime. So Bob has the towns disrespect and is a abusive father, he could have very well made those crimes but I can you not there is more evidence to what he has on his plate. Bob is known to be racist as does everyone else but he has it out for Robison. If he wanted to frame Tom this case trial would be his once in a lifetime opportunity.

Harper Lee is best known for writing the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller To Kill a Mockingbird. The novel takes place during the depression in Alabama with the main character, Scout, viewing her lawyer father, Atticus, defending a wrongly accused black man of rape. The reader gets to understand Scout’s childhood view of this controversial situation. Scout’s character in to Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is really the author’s own life playing out in the novel, which is most likely why this novel is thought to be one of the best American Novels of the 20th century.

Jem and Scout, throughout “To Kill A Mockingbird,” learn to consider things from other people’s perspectives. Atticus, Jem and Scout’s father, says “you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view – until you climb into his skin and walk around in” (Lee 39). They learn this through experiences with their neighbor Boo Radley as they mature beyond their years. At the beginning of the novel, Jem and Scout make fun of Boo and assume that all of the rumors going around about him are true. However, later on in the story the children grow an admiration for Boo and learn to understand him. As they matured, Jem and Scout naturally learned many life lessons of appreciation, respect, and courage

Judgment has become part of everyday life, something you need to get used to. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee a historical fiction. Whether it was Scout, Jem or, any of the Maycomb citizens they always had judge everybody and anybody that came in there sight. Being even racist against the black happen every day, judging them by their looks and skin color was the ways many people in Maycomb function. Throughout the novel the characters judge each other though first impressions, social class and behavior.

So far my evidence has been an outstanding spectacle of injustice in the only supposedly fair system in our government; our courts. My evidence, if it may even be called evidence, show the true and obvious fact that this man being tried by the town of Maycomb, Alabama is not the true culprit of which these accusations would be found true by. I am brought firmly to the verdict that while Tom Robinson is not the one who proceeded to brutally beat and rape Miss Mayella Ewell but that there is one person that infact did; her own father Bob Ewell.

When Atticus asks Mayella ‘who are your friends?’ (p.245) she is perplexed by the question demonstrating to us how she must be ‘the loneliest person in the world’ (p. 256). Furthermore, Lee clearly explains to us she is accustomed to being treated poorly as when Atticus refers to her as ‘ma’am’ and speaks to her politely she believes initially that he is ‘mockin’ me’ (p.243). Reflecting on how Mayella is trapped in her improvised, friendless state with nobody who respects her, we realise it would not have been difficult for her to become fixated on and fantasise about Tom Robinson, as he ‘was probably the only person who was ever decent to her’ (p.257). We are also able to understand why she lies about Tom raping her during the trial when we take into consideration that Mayella is living in fear of what her drunk and abusive father, Bob Ewell, would do to her if she was truthful. As she has already been ‘beaten savagely’ (p.272) and possibly raped by her father, after she ‘kissed a black man’ (p.272), her trepidation is unsurprising. By climbing into Mayella’s skin and walking around in it we see Lee is helping us to learn the importance of considering people’s circumstances before judging their actions.

It’s impressive how he stood alone to vote ‘not guilty’ at the start. Juror 5: (Nods in agreement) Yes, I don’t think I could’ve done that with my shy and timid nature. (Sighs)

How does this make you feel? Robert Ewell: “I reckon that nigger got what he deserved putting his stinky, filthy hands on my girl. My only issue is that if I had my druthers I would have taught him a few lessons before he left this darn courtroom” Interviewer: “That is very noble of you. Anyhow, what is your opinion on Mr Finch’s performance in defending the Negro who raped your

At about the halfway point in his speech Atticus told the now heavily interested crowd that, “ She was white and she tempted a negro. She did something in our society that is unspeakable: she kissed a black man” (Lee 272). In the 1930’s in deep Alabama there was a widespread hatred towards black men and women that was deeply rooted in the civil war along with the birth of our nation. Mayella did do something that was horrifying to many people back then, she kissed a black man. Atticus was using pathos to try and tell everyone in the room that what she did should be of no care to any one else and should be equivalent to a white man and women kissing. This was a great eye opener to the audience and really strikes a cord with some of the people, a heavily discussed racial divide in the town. At the end of the speech Atticus was discussing that all men are created equal and said, “But there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal. An institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, the ignorant man the equal of any president, and the stupid man the equal of Einstein. That institution is the court. But a court is only as sound as its jury, and the jury is only as sound as the men who make it up” (Lee 274). Atticus is explaining to the jury using pathos that all men are not created equal, but should be treated as equal. Some men are treated as unequal due to their

“ The big problem here atticus is that everyones going to believe what the white girl said because she’s white. Here in maycomb if you aren’t white you're different and that's the real problem. In my case Brown V board of education I fought for equal rights for blacks to go to the same schools as whites. If we can win this Atticus it will change the whole community and make them think that black people or just mistreated and should be treated as equal as them even though there a different color.” said a very passionate Thurgood.

Secondly, no justice had been done to Bob Ewell and he got away with a false accusation and Bob basically for all practical purposes killed Tom Robinson. Overall what Arthur Radley had done was justifiable and far fairer than any court would be to Mr. Tom Robinson. (Fassett)

First, the narrator says that he is a “little bantam cock of a man” who “struts” to the witness stand. He does not walk to the stand like he is upset with what happened to his daughter. Instead, he tries to make everyone see that he is better than them. He thinks he will get away with his lies on the witness stand. In addition, the Ewells have lived off welfare checks for generations. He sees no need to get a job, showing that he does not care about his terrible lifestyle. Despite living in a house that is falling apart and made of trash, he continues to go out and drink. He is not ashamed of the choices he has made in his life. Finally, Bob cannot even feed or educate all of his children. He and his family eat “leftovers” from the local garbage dump. Also, he sends his children in for only roll call every year on the first day of school. He does not care about how his family is living. He probably thinks that the way he is making his family live is good for now, since he has not received a direct consequences that he thinks is bad. Bob Ewell is a man who is of no concern to

He walked into the quiet coffee house on Main Street, while I was there reading the classic How to Kill a Mockingbird when I saw him. Dressed in some dark washed jeans with a basic white T-shirt that went so utterly well with a creamy peach leather jacket he had on although a jet black color would have looked edgy. Meanwhile, his cologne was a strong Calvin Klein aroma that filled the coffee house and it smelt similar to the clean and fresh laundry detergent just with a bit of a manlier smell to it. It reminded me of walking into my brother’s room when I was a toddler. After I concluded my reminiscing, I noticed that he was swiftly making his way to the counter I noticed that the way his walk was off centered but balanced. While ordering

looks at Lee, it was almost like he just came back from one hell of a fight, this guy sure was something else. Killian smiled slowly putting his head down then burst out in laughter, he was quite amused by all this.