Disgrace In To Kill A Mockingbird
In this story Harper lee displays the Ewell family as a disgrace and filthy. They are a disgrace all over Maycomb, Alabama for multiple reasons. For one thing Jem and Scouts dad Atticus almost never talks bad about people, but when it comes to the Ewell family he states that they are a disgrace. Atticus talks about how for three generations they have never done an industrious day’s worth of work. It was also mentioned in the book that, “they were people, but they lived like animals (Lee 40). Also the family is always doing what they want. Every year they go to school only for the first day and never get in trouble. They don’t do any work in town and are “members of an exclusive society made up of Ewells” (Lee 41). The people allow the family
special privileges by pretending to be blind towards the family’s activities. Similar to being able to do what they want the Ewells break the law. The father is able to hunt and trap out of season. Hunting out of season is a felony in Maycomb County. Not only does the father hunt, but he also abuses his children. He spends the money on alcohol, leaves them starving, and hits them. As well as being a disgrace in Maycomb the Ewell family are very filthy people. For example on the first day of school one of the Ewell kid Burris had lice in his hair. The teacher started to freak out when she saw it crawling out of his hair. Miss Caroline the teacher had asked Burris to go home and clean up but he just laughed. To begin with Burris Ewell was not a clean boy nor were the other family members. Scout had mentioned how “his neck was dark gray, the backs of his hands were rusty, and his fingernails were black” (Lee 35). The family were very poor people and could not afford being properly clean. Burris Ewell not only was filthy on the outside, but his language was too. On the first day of school, he started yelling and swearing to Miss Caroline making her cry. He called the teacher awful words and tried to threaten her by shouting at her. To Summarize the Ewell family is a disgrace to Maycomb and are very filthy people.
special privileges by pretending to be blind towards the family’s activities. Similar to being able to do what they want the Ewells break the law. The father is able to hunt and trap out of season. Hunting out of season is a felony in Maycomb County. Not only does the father hunt, but he also abuses his children. He spends the money on alcohol, leaves them starving, and hits them. As well as being a disgrace in Maycomb the Ewell family are very filthy people. For example on the first day of school one of the Ewell kid Burris had lice in his hair. The teacher started to freak out when she saw it crawling out of his hair. Miss Caroline the teacher had asked Burris to go home and clean up but he just laughed. To begin with Burris Ewell was not a clean boy nor were the other family members. Scout had mentioned how “his neck was dark gray, the backs of his hands were rusty, and his fingernails were black” (Lee 35). The family were very poor people and could not afford being properly clean. Burris Ewell not only was filthy on the outside, but his language was too. On the first day of school, he started yelling and swearing to Miss Caroline making her cry. He called the teacher awful words and tried to threaten her by shouting at her. To Summarize the Ewell family is a disgrace to Maycomb and are very filthy people.