Good and Evil My report examines the connection of the coexistence of good and evil across texts and how these aspects effect human nature and society. The texts I used were ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee‚ ‘The Help’ by Tate Taylor‚ ‘Noughts & Crosses’ by Malorie Blackman and ‘Harawira drops N-bomb in water hui debate” by Danya Levy. I believe these texts explore the moral nature of society and human beings as essentially being good and evil through social drifts of racial prejudice‚
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deserves is punishment. Poetic justice is a big literary element in To Kill a Mockingbird. It really balances out the ending of the novel In the book Bob Ewell is the town drunk. He is the one of the poorest persons in Maycomb. He is racist and prejudice against colored people. He beat up his daughter savagely because she kissed a black man. Then‚ Bob Ewell accused Tom Robinson a black man of raping his daughter. This was taking to trial and Atticus Finch was the defense attorney for Tom Robinson. The
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see them’. The characters that the book focuses on with regards to this lesson are Bob Ewell‚ Mayella Ewell and Aunt Alexandra. Atticus keeps telling the children to look at other people as if they were in their shoes‚ which can mean that he wants the children to realize that people in general want to do good in the world. Even if they are doing the exact opposite‚ they have good intentions;
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First‚ he kills a man who intended on killing innocent children; second‚ he ensures justice for Tom Robinson‚ even though it is probably too late to actually do Tom any payback. Bob Ewell got what he deserves. There is also an organization of people who run charities to raise money for the tribes Africa‚ because they have lives which are so unpleasant‚ but they completely ignore the fact that there are African-Americans living in
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wrongly accused of raping a white woman‚ Mayella Ewell. When they go to trial Tom is automatically a victim of injustice when they find him guilty of rape just because he is black (Normney 5). om Robinson’s trial‚ and in fact his entire life‚ was badly affected by racism. It is truly a testament to the corruption of society when a person who has earned a bad reputation is held in higher esteem than a person who was born with it‚ as is the case with Bob Ewell and Tom Robinson. Even though Tom was obviously
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kids. After reaching home‚ Jem hurt‚ and Scout scared to death‚ they had gotten the news that Bob Ewell had been the one trying to attack them‚ and he was found dead‚ with a knife in his chest. This scene relates to the theme manners and polite society because it shows that the society is not very safe all the time as most people think. It can actually be very dangerous. Heck Tate stated that Bob Ewell had fallen on his knife and killed himself to stay as far away from drama as possible‚ when
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is racial prejudice. There are many references to this in the novel and is best shown in Bob Ewell’s character during and after the trial of Tom Robinson. It is also shown in the character of Lula when Calpurnia brings Scout and Jem to the First Purchase church‚ and also when Jem‚ Scout and Dill talk about the biracial children in Maycomb. The most racist person in ’To Kill A Mockingbird’ would be Bob Ewell. He shows how racist he can be during the trial of Tom Robinson. During his testimony against
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Bob Ewell‚ as an example‚ believed that he was better than the African Americans despite the fact that he was considered the lowest class in white society. Bob Ewell abused his power‚ although it was still lacking. Ewell‚ was too prideful‚ that after being humiliated in court and stripped of dignity by Atticus‚ he decided to attack Atticus’ children. Furthermore
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every now and again. With the Great Depression eating the economy. The struggle to maintain a home and to feed the family increases. Characters from the book‚ Walter Cunningham Sr.‚ Tom Robinson‚ and Atticus Finch try to live with what they have. Bob Ewell tries to frame an innocent to obtain and sustain a job. It backfires on him and he gets hostile. He gets to the point where he injures a thirteen year-old boy. These parents would do the most to help their families thrive. A damaged economy can drive
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Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is how racial prejudice hurts people‚ which are illustrated by Bob Ewell‚ the lynch mob‚ and Lula. One example of racism in To Kill a Mockingbird is Bob Ewell. Bob see’s Mayella and Tom Robinson through a window and is very mad. He’s not only mad because his oldest daughter is with someone in his kitchen‚ it’s because she was with a black man in his kitchen. Bob Ewell has no problem lying in court and making Mayella lie in court. Instead of telling the truth by saying
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