Similarity And Differences Between The Ramley And Bob Ewell

The Cunninghams can never took anything they cannot pay back. “I asked Atticus if Mr. Cunningham would ever pay us. ‘Not in money’ Atticus said. One morning Jem and I found a load of stove wood in the backyard. Later, a sack of hickory nuts appeared on the back steps. With Christmas came a crate of smilax and holly” (Lee,20). Even if Mr. Cunningham could not pay back Atticus, he is still a nice, respectful man that was willing to pay Atticus back in any way he could because he could not afford to pay in money. Therefore, Bob Ewell is a drunk and does not take care of his kids while Mr. Cunningham is a kind honorable man that is willing to pay Atticus in any way he could for his

From this quote, one can deduce that Burris has little respect for neither his teacher nor school regulations, which is crude and vulgar, along with being plainly impolite. The last reason Burris can be considered vulgar is due to his swearing and name-calling. An example of this can be found after Burris challenges Miss Caroline’s authority and she threatens to report him. As a response, he calls her terrible names, yelling “report and be damned to ye! Ain’t no snot-nosed slut of a schoolteacher ever born e’n make me do nothin’!” (Lee 37). This reply clearly displays Burris swearing, name-calling, and being unneedlessly cruel to Miss Caroline, an act of vulgarity in its purest form. Along with Burris being vulgar, the entirety of the Ewell family has shown evidence of being poor. The first piece of evidence is the Ewell’s apparent lack of education. It is shown that Burris himself does not know how to spell his own name, and Ewells only come to school on the first day. This supports the assumption that the Ewells are poor, as a lack of education is one of the foremost signs of

A potential flaw Atticus had as a parent was that he over trusted devious people and was perhaps a little careless and under cautious. The best example of this was when he allowed Jem and Scout to go to the Halloween party alone. Even though Atticus thought Bob Ewell was not a threat, he still should have attended the party with the children just to be safe or even send them with Aunt Alexandria. Even if Bob Ewell was not going to harm the children, there would still be a chance that Bob Ewell would show up and verbally harass the children, so it was rather careless on Atticus’ part to let the children go alone. After Bob Ewell attacked Jem and Scout, Atticus admitted to Heck Tate that he thought Bob Ewell’s threats were empty

When Atticus ran into Bob Ewell, Bob spit in his face and Atticus took it instead of beating him up because he doesn’t want Bob to take anger out on his kids, this shows how good and courageous Atticus is as a person. Atticus tries to educate his kids about the way they treat people that they don’t know. “You never Really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.” pg 33. Atticus is the best character that doesn’t judge the way people act so he treats everyone the same and will stand up for

Although deemed by most to be a good parent, Atticus’ lack of supervision affects his children Scout and Jem and even exposes them to danger. Atticus is not a perfect father. He has a full time job that restricts him from being around his kids for most of the day and also puts them in a dangerous position. When Atticus agreed to take on the ‘Tom Robinson case’ he knew full well that he was going to have a lot of tension with people, and even though he did the the right thing by defending an innocent man despite his colour, some may argue that he puts his beliefs before the welfare of his children. This puts the kids in danger because Atticus while losing the case still makes Bob Ewell embarrassed by being shown up like the way he was. This causes a hatred that provokes Bob to hurt Atticus in the deepest possible way, by attacking his children. It was Atticus’ call to decide that he would send Jem to the pageant instead of himself, and that was what ultimately gave Mr. Ewell his chance to get back at Atticus. This shows that Atticus is not the perfect father, if there is such a thing, but proves that even Atticus has flaws or faults to foresee

The Ewells and Cunninghams are two families that are quite different. The most obvious difference is their personalities. Burris Ewell is a boy who is rebellious and doesn’t listen to the teacher. Burris even says, “You ain’t sendin’ me home missus. I was on the verge of leavin’ -I done done my time for this year” (27). While on the other hand Walter Cunningham is polite, and tries very hard to be a gentleman. When Miss Caroline tries to give Walter a quarter for lunch her replied in a polite manner, “Nome thank you ma’am” (19). These two families are also different by their appearance/hygiene. Burris Ewell came to school filthy. This is proved when it states “his neck was dark grey, the backs of his hands were rusty, and his fingernails were

They are, and have been, the rudest and most disrespectful family in Maycomb for three generations. An example of this would be Burris Ewell. When attending class on the first day, he frightens the teacher with his state of uncleanliness. Scout even states that he, “was the filthiest human I had ever seen…His neck was dark gray… his fingernails were black” (Lee 29). When the teacher tries to send him home to clean up, Burris meanly tells her that this is the one and only day that he is ever going to come to school, leaving her distraught and in tears. In addition to talking back, Burris and his family resist going to school. They only go on the first day because the truant lady threatens to report them to the police. The whole family seems to follow their own set of rules instead of society. Their dad, Bob Ewell, hunts in the winter, which is against the law, and gets away with it because his kids would starve otherwise. In addition, the Ewell family doesn’t have a mother to set them right, which is mostly why Burris and all of his siblings only show up for the first day of school, the rest of the year is spent “Living like animals” (Lee 33). I must say that I agree with Atticus when he says, “the Ewells had been the disgrace of Maycomb for three generations” (Lee 33). The family has been judged poorly by society for reasons such as disrespectfulness, and discourtesy to

Burris Ewell, however, "was the filthiest human being [Scout] had ever seen". He "laughed rudely" and "slouched leisurely" away from the classroom. This apathetic, lackadaisical and disrespectful attitude is typical of the Ewell family, and contrasts with Walter's strong sense of dignity, showing the vast difference between them.

At the end of the novel much light is shed on the fact that one should not ‘judge a book by its cover’ and that no matter what race, or social standing a person has there is room for the opportunity to be good or bad. This can be seen through Atticus’ Finch stating that the family could not stand one day without their black housekeeper, despite the juxtaposing character of his sister’s best efforts to get rid of her. It can also be seen through the Ewell family. They are a white family that have money and a social standing in the town. Bob Ewell is an evil man who drinks away the family’s money. His character is foreshadowed by his son, Burris, and the abhorrent

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

233). Atticus faces discrimination from almost the entire town of Maycomb for his decision to defend Tom Robinson. Mrs.Dubose’s comment is not the only racist one made to Atticus throughout the story. In the same way, Scout discriminates against Bob when she comments on Bob’s ability to comprehend what Judge Taylor had said to him. Judge Taylor uses advanced language and Scout assumes Ewell does not understand it because he did not finish school. Atticus and Bob both experience others judging them. Although Bob was not directly called a name, many comments are made about him behind his back. Given these points, it is clear that Atticus Finch and Bob Ewell display similarities.

5. Walter Cunningham and Burris Ewell both come from poor American, white families. Within the community, people don’t regard them with high respect within the community. However, Walter Cunningham is respectful to those around him and Burris Ewell is disrespectful to those around him. One example that shows how Burris Ewell is disrespectful is when he responds in a rude way to Ms. Caroline when told to wash his hair, come to school, bathed the next day. Moreover, when Ms. Caroline tells him to sit in his seat he snorts and taunts her. She consequently cries and threatens to report his behavior to the principal since he seems problematic. An example showing that Walter Cunningham is respectful is when Walter Cunningham and Atticus “talked together like two men” when they talked about farming and how he could pass first grade since he must help his father who is a poor farmer.

The two most noticeable and important opposite pairs are Reuven and Danny and their fathers Reb Saunders and Mr. Malter. These character foils are an important element to the story by helping to teach the virtue of tolerance to it’s readers. Danny and Reuven are almost complete opposites, Danny is a Hasid and Reuven is a Traditional Orthodox Jew this difference alone should prevent the boys from even conversing but it doesn’t. Somehow Danny and Reuven manage to overcome their differences and gain respect for the other’s beliefs. Mr. Malter and Reb Saunders differ greatly in their parenting styles. Mr. Malters approach is loving and caring, he is always their for his son to talk to about anything that troubles him. He also gives Reuven valuable advice and encourages him in his goal to become a rabbi. Red Saunders has a rather extreme parenting style. He has made the decision to raise Danny in silence. He only speaks to his son about religion and nothing else. He is strict and has a cold demeanor although he does care for his son deeply he masks his emotions. These opposites show that there are two sides to every story and teach that tolerance is

Throughout this journal, Burris Ewell can be characterized as unsanitary and rude. Firstly, Burris can be characterized as unsanitary. In the third chapter of the story, Burris Ewell and the Ewell family is introduced to the audience, and Scout describes Burris in this brief section of the text. “He was the filthiest human I had ever seen. His neck was dark gray, the backs of his hands were rusty, and his fingernails were black deep into the quick” (Lee 35). Although Scout is young when she first sees Burris Ewell and she may have over exaggerated on her description of his appearance, judging by the way that Scout’s teacher reacted when she say him, it is fairly obvious that the boy is very dirty. More evidence to further prove that Burris is not sanitary is how the teacher attempted to get Burris to clean off some of his filth.

Between Ewell’s country roots and horrible examples, and Atticus’ respectful attitude towards life is Walter Cunningham, a man that won’t take anything he cannot pay back (Lee 21). Even though he doesn’t have money, he makes sure that his children survive well enough and that they are respectful and honorable. Cunningham wants his children to grow up to be gentlewomen and ladies, as evidenced by his example of paying Atticus back for his services via food and goods deliveries over the course of a year (Lee 20). He shows his children what it means to be kind, good people, and he expects them to act this way. From what little we see of the Cunninghams in the novel, they do. Walter Cunningham, although he had similar roots as Bob Ewell, is much more like Atticus Finch than the man people expect him to be, namely Bob Ewell.