Boo Radley's Decision

In the book, to kill a mockingbird, in the last part of the story, sheriff Tate makes a decision. He decides to tell the public that Bob ewell fell on his own knife, even though boo killed him. Many people have different opinions if it was the right decision or not. Although, it is a lie to tell the public Mr. Ewell died by falling on his knife, I agree with sheriff Tate’s decision. Boo Radley was a very shy and backwards man. If everyone knew the real truth, he would have had to go to the court house and would get a lot of attention, attention that Boo could not handle. While Sheriff Tate is explaining to Atticus about what he thinks is right, he says “let the dead bury their dead.” Mr. Ewell blamed a crime on Tom Robinson,