Similarities In The Ewells And Cunninghams

Walter Cunningham, Little Chuck Little and Burris Ewell: Three Very Different Boys In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout introduces the reader to three of Maycomb’s poor young citizens: Walter Cunningham, Little Chuck Little and Burris Ewell. While each is poor, Lee makes a point of making each of the boys individuals. Ms. Lee clearly demonstrates her belief that socio-economic status is not a justification for stereotyping these young men and implies that parenting is the more defining characteristic

The Ewells and the Cunninghams in To Kill a Mockingbird are utterly different families in the way they act, their hygiene and the way they are labeled by the town of Maycomb. The first way the families differ is in the way they act. The Ewells have little respect for others and don’t let anyone tell them what to do. For example, Miss Caroline politely asked Burris to sit back down but in an impolite time he responded, “You try and make me, missus” (27). However, the cunninghams are very respectful

Similarity and Difference Between the Ewells and Cunninghams Walter Cunningham and Bob Ewell come from two significantly different families from the Town of Maycomb. Each family has a different aspect in their life, they each gave different principles, and morals inside them. Walter teaches his son to be a good principled person, while Bob Ewell doesn’t teach his son anything, and just abuses him. They are both in the lowest level of society in the town, and kind of an outcast in the town. The difference

families can have differences, but also have similarities. Racism, education and behavior has been compared into these two families. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the Ewells and the Cunninghams are both racist, but they are different when it comes to their education and behavior towards people. Firstly, both the Ewells and the Cunninghams are both racist. Bob Ewell accuses Tom Robinson for raping his daughter Mayella. Bob Ewell tells Heck Tate that he saw Tom Robinson rape

Compare and Contrast the Cunningham and Ewell Families In To Kill A Mockingbird, as an additional message to the main theme of the novel, Lee seeks to show two polar reactions to poverty, that of the Cunninghams and the Ewells. Her experience of the Great Depression was a major influence in the writing of the book, as she uses the contrast of these two families to show that there is hope for those in poverty, if people learn from the Ewells and emulate the Cunninghams. She introduces the values

peace.” This is a quote by the infamous civil rights leader Martin Luther King Junior. Even though social issues like racism and feminism have changed since the 1930s like in the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there are still many similarities in how individuals were treated then and now. Racism has changed since the 1930s in a way. For example, blacks were treated worse than whites in the 1930s and still slightly are.In the novel, black characters like Tom Robinson are cheated and

experiences several disappointments in life due to his belief in inherent goodness, such cases are when Bob Ewell recklessly attacks the children and also the Cunningham mob. Following the events of the Ewell incident, the distraught lawyer tells the sheriff, “I thought he got it all out of him the day he threatened me. Even if he hadn’t, I thought he’d come after me.” (p.361) Heck describes how Bob Ewell was not inherently good, saying Bob had

Study of Families in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Families are very important in To Kill a Mockingbird. In Maycomb being established in society is very important for the residents of the town. As are family values. At the beginning of the story Scout describes how important it is to have a good family history. This importance of having a good family background is a theme that runs throughout the book. " Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members

In Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird, Jean Louise Finch and Mayella Ewell are the daughters of two men that are caught up in some legal drama within the community of Maycomb, Alabama. From afar, these girls seem like two ordinary young ladies, but digging deeper into their personalities and lives at home reveals a lot of dissimilarities. Scout and Mayella both lost their mothers at a young age, thus leaving them with their fathers, but the difference lays with their fathers and it says a lot about

residents of Lee’s town and its surrounding areas in her novel undergo periods of mob mentality. At the town jail a group of people, including Mr. Cunningham, gather to break Tom out of jail to lynch him. At that point Atticus is already at the scene and tries to talk the mob out of getting him. This goes on until Scout recognizes Mr. Walter Cunningham and starts to make small talk with him about his son and his ongoing entailment. It is then that Walter realizes he is singled out and being looked