Boo Radley saves Jem and Scout and it is believed that he kills Ewell with the knife. Heck Tate, the sheriff, puts in the official report that Bob Ewell fell on his own knife and died after lying under a tree for 45 minutes. Mayella is so lonely that she targets Tom Robinson, a crippled black man who walks past her house daily, for a sordid romantic tryst that eventually costs Tom his life.
Mayella Ewell must have been the loneliest person in the world When Atticus asked if she had any friends, she seemed not to know what he meant. Mayella Ewell represents the physical manifestation of what ignorance, racism and prejudice can do to a person. She has been abused by her father, a man that shows no regard for his family. As a result of her horrible upbringing she has little sense of self worth.
Bob Ewell died from a knife wound. The cause of death given by Heck Tate was that Bob Ewell fell on his knife. At first, Atticus thought that Jem had stabbed Bob Ewell. Tate informed him that it was Boo Radley who killed Bob Ewell. Mayella Ewell believes that Atticus is "sassing" her when he calls her "ma'am" and "Miss Mayella. The judge informs Mayella that Mr. Finch is not making fun of her.
Rather, the Ewells are the poorest of the poor and at the very bottom of white society. This description also establishes the Ewells as a changeless and eternal feature of Maycomb, and symbolic of a certain level of poverty common to all small towns like Maycomb.
The jury said Tom Robinson was guilty because they are racist whites who can't look past the skin color of a person and not look into a person's soul. Atticus had just finished his closing argument that was pointing out all the facts that Tom couldn't have or wouldn't have hurt Mayella Ewell.
Cunninghams accept things from others only when they have earned them or are sure to return whereas Ewells are shown to buy alcohol after stealing or borrowing money. Cunninghams are proud and honest, whereas Ewells are liars. How many Ewells are there in To Kill a Mockingbird? Category: family and relationships divorce. The reader can assume that Mayella is saying that she has "seven" siblings, which means that Bob Ewell has eight children in all.
Unfortunately, Scout only mentions Mayella and Burris among the eight children, which leaves six anonymous Ewell children unaccounted for. How did Jem Finch die? The mockingbird is a symbol of innocence. Although the mockingbird has only mentioned a few times in the story, it was still an important animal. The people of Maycomb find it a sin to kill a mockingbird. Therefore it does not deserve to die. A mockingbird is a symbol of some and just a bird for others. The most prevalent is the injustice the because this leads to why Boo Radley kills Bob Ewell.
Injustice is shown in To Kill A Mockingbird. Much like Oliver and Linda Brown, Tom had to go against the court of the white race. In the Brown V. Board of Education we explore the topic of segregation in schools. In the case Brown V.
Board of Education, the Brown family goes against the board of education in a case against segregation. Segregation is the. This novel became very successful and went on to become known as one of the greatest pieces of American literature. Harper Lee uses characters in the novel to create mockingbirds like it says in the title. Each character has something to make them a unique mockingbird that is memorable because of the things that they go through.
Lee created three mockingbirds, Tom Robinson. If he were to agree to a liaison with her, then he would remain at her beck and call for the rest of his life. Readers know what happened when he didn't agree. In an attempt to gain some power in a shabby, pitiful existence, Mayella costs a man his life.
Ironically, when Atticus finally shows Mayella the respect she so craves, she accuses him of making fun of her and ultimately refuses to answer his questions. Bob Ewell would also like to improve his family's station, but the fact that "he was the only man [Scout] ever heard of who was fired from the WPA for laziness" proves that he isn't willing to earn it. Ewell is a drunkard and an abuser who is despised throughout the community, and very likely by his own family.
But in accusing Tom Robinson, he sees what he believes is a brass ring. In his mind, the town should think him a hero for saving Maycomb's white women from a "dangerous" black man. Defending his daughter by going to court should raise his family's stature. If they don't gain more respect from the community, at least Bob won't have to live with talk in the black community about a white woman making a play for a married black man.
Unfortunately, all of Ewell's plans backfire. By the end of the trial, he and his daughter are proven liars, he's been publicly identified as a sexually and physically abusive father who fails to provide for his family, and the entire town knows that Mayella made sexual overtures toward Tom.
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