She says‚ “Mr. Ewell yanked him down ... Then someone yanked Mr. Ewell down” (361). Although Boo Radley is a recluse‚ he has tremendous courage and this is shown when he saves Jem and Scout from Bob Ewell. As Scout recollects the evening’s events she says‚ “The scuffling noises were dying but I heard someone wheezing ... I began walking toward the road and I could see a man walking towards my house carrying Jem” (359). Due to his courage‚ Boo Radley is not only able to stop Bob Ewell from hurting Jem
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the name of Tom Robinson who is accused of raping a white woman named Mayella Ewell. She lives with her father Bob Ewell and several children near the dumps of Maycomb. The Ewells are often seen as savages. It doesn’t make sense for Atticus to defend Tom Robinson‚ he should have not defended Tom. Atticus should not have defended Tom because it had threatened him and his children‚ Jem and Scout. After the trial‚ Bob Ewell threatens atticus when he “approached him‚ cursed him‚ spat on him‚ and threatened
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compassion can help create and strengthen bonds with others. To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ explains the effects of having compassion through Scout getting to know Walter Cunningham‚ Atticus defending a colored man‚ and atticus treating Bob Ewell with respect. Jean Louise‚ or Scout‚ is of a higher social status than many of the kids in her class. Being quite mature for her age‚ she does not particularly like many of the other students; Walter Cunningham in particular. Scout tried defending
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away from her. Tom Robinson was her daily reminder of what she did. What did she do? She tempted a Negro.” (Lee 203) In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Tom Robinson‚ an innocent and nice black man was accused a raping a white girl named Mayella Ewell. Atticus Finch is Tom Robinson’s lawyer‚ and he has it all under control and is able to prove his point that Tom Robinson is not guilty. Tom Robinson is not guilty because the jury is inconsistant‚ there is no evidence of rape‚ and an important thing
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one morning‚ Bob Ewell follows Helen‚ crooning foul words at her‚ for no reason other than she was Tom’s wife and he was racist. Although he does not attack her‚ Helen is terrified of him. “Thoroughly frightened‚ she telephoned Mr. Link at his store‚ which was not too far from his house…” (TKAM‚ pg. 256). Mr. Link Deas makes Bob Ewell leave Helen alone‚ but she is still frightened of him. Her life has become very difficult due to the effects of racism. In a different way‚ Bob Ewell himself is destroyed
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Today at the maycomb courthouse it Tom Robinson v.s. Mayella‚ the sheriff and bob ewell. Supposedly Tom raped Mayella on october 21st. He then hit her in the face but he couldn’t have because his left hand is messed. Who knows how it will turn out with three witnesses. First the Sheriff will testify this morning followed by Bob ewell and Mayella ewell. The sheriff said the following “Certainly. Got in the car and went out as fast as I could.” So he did go to the scene. “Found her lying on the
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of the trial. Considering Tate being under oath‚ one would presume that he’d speak of only the truth and nothing but the truth. However‚ when reviewing his statements along with Bob Ewell and his daughter‚ Mayella‚ some aspects tend to contradict one another. In Tate’s testimony‚ when he arrived at the Ewell
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but they might think the Socs will bother them less because of the fact that they beat him. The movie scene in To Kill a Mockingbird that portrays competition was when they were in the court room going through the case between Tom Robinson and The Ewells. “The visual language of the film thereby complicates and limits the story’s popularly understood moral of progressive possibilities‚ illustrating an historically central weakness in national rhetoric surrounding arguments for racial equality” (Watson)
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and minds of everyone‚ because of this ranking people are treated differently. “There’s four kinds of folks in the world. There’s the ordinary kind like us and the neighbors‚ there’s the kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods‚ the kind like the Ewell down at the dump‚ and the Negros.” (Chapter 23 Page: 226 Paragraph: 2). This shows that Harper Lee is trying to show real life social rankings by developing a miniature one in the novel. It also shows how some people can use this ranking scale as a
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In my English Language Arts Class‚ we have been reading a book called “To Kill a Mockingbird” and in the recent chapters we have been reading about an African American man named Tom Robinson who “raped” a white female named Mayella Ewells but I don’t think he is guilty in this essay I will be telling you why I think Tom Robinson isn’t guilty. I think Tom isn’t guilty because they found marks on the right side of Mayella’s body and found choking marks around her neck‚ but how would Tom Robinson
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