What Does Bob Ewell Symbolize In To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee, this story takes place in the mid-1930s, following the narration of Scout Finch in her small town, Maycomb Alabama. Important characters are Atticus Finch, Jem Finch, Arthur Radley, Bob Ewell, and Tom Robinson; all of these characters lead to major plot points. Harper Lee uses the symbol of a Mockingbird to display the idea that harming the innocent is one of the worst things you can do.
When Bob Ewell tried to ambush the Finch kids, he was about to commit the worst sin, killing a mockingbird. Bob Ewell wants to get back at Atticus Finch for humiliating him in front of the entirety of Maycomb, so he goes after Atticus’ children. Heck Tate, the sheriff of Maycomb reported back to the Finch …show more content…
Radley filled in the crevice of the tree with cement he was killing a mockingbird because Jem had mulled over this tree for months, he even stood on the porch crying because of it. When ”[Jem] stood there until nightfall, [Scout] waited for him. When [they] went in the house [Scout] saw he had been crying; his face was dirty in the right places, but [she] thought it odd that [she] had not heard him” (Lee 84) crying. He is holding in his emotions. He’s bottling up that anything could be wrong, he’s going to mull over what happened, which is drastically going to damper his innocence. When Nathan Radley filled the tree with cement, Jem sees it as a lost connection to Boo Radley, and a lost connection for Boo to them. He had given the kids friendship, especially when they were so fascinated by him, they had wonder in their eyes. He was mostly bothered by it because Nathan Radley just lied to them, he said the tree was sick and dying when it was as healthy as could be.
The Finch children lost a lot of innocence throughout the book To Kill a Mockingbird. When Bob Ewell tries to kill Scout and Jem, they lost innocence through a coward's actions. When Tom Robinson was found guilty of a crime he clearly did not commit, Jem lost a lot of innocence, as he found out that Maycomb isn’t always fair. When Nathan Radley filled in the hole of the tree with cement, Jem lost innocence because he lost a connection to Arthur Radley, someone he found fascinating. Harper Lee uses the mockingbird
When Bob Ewell tried to ambush the Finch kids, he was about to commit the worst sin, killing a mockingbird. Bob Ewell wants to get back at Atticus Finch for humiliating him in front of the entirety of Maycomb, so he goes after Atticus’ children. Heck Tate, the sheriff of Maycomb reported back to the Finch …show more content…
Radley filled in the crevice of the tree with cement he was killing a mockingbird because Jem had mulled over this tree for months, he even stood on the porch crying because of it. When ”[Jem] stood there until nightfall, [Scout] waited for him. When [they] went in the house [Scout] saw he had been crying; his face was dirty in the right places, but [she] thought it odd that [she] had not heard him” (Lee 84) crying. He is holding in his emotions. He’s bottling up that anything could be wrong, he’s going to mull over what happened, which is drastically going to damper his innocence. When Nathan Radley filled the tree with cement, Jem sees it as a lost connection to Boo Radley, and a lost connection for Boo to them. He had given the kids friendship, especially when they were so fascinated by him, they had wonder in their eyes. He was mostly bothered by it because Nathan Radley just lied to them, he said the tree was sick and dying when it was as healthy as could be.
The Finch children lost a lot of innocence throughout the book To Kill a Mockingbird. When Bob Ewell tries to kill Scout and Jem, they lost innocence through a coward's actions. When Tom Robinson was found guilty of a crime he clearly did not commit, Jem lost a lot of innocence, as he found out that Maycomb isn’t always fair. When Nathan Radley filled in the hole of the tree with cement, Jem lost innocence because he lost a connection to Arthur Radley, someone he found fascinating. Harper Lee uses the mockingbird