Scout Finch‚ Atticus Finch‚ plays the loving‚ caring and intelligent single parent‚ he is struggling to keep his family together. He is an example of how parents can have a positive influence on their children. Bob Ewell‚ father of Mayella Ewell‚ is the drunken‚ abusive‚ and careless father‚ Bob is also a single parent. He is an example of how a parent can be a negative influence on their children’s lives. Both fathers are very influential on the mental growth of their children. <br> <br>Parents can
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trial teach us about the jury system in Maycomb? The trial shows us that the jury system in Maycomb is corrupt and racist. ‘No‚ I don’t recollect if he hit me. I mean yes I do‚ he hit me.’ Page 190 This is in response to Atticus asking Mayella Ewell if Tom Robinson hit her. From her hesitation and contradicting answers it is clear that Mayella is not telling the truth and is creating a story to lead the jury on. Despite this‚ Tom Robinson is still convicted. This shows that although it is obvious
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throughout‚ including the theme of social discrimination by class--often to the poor or black. Plainly‚ one can notice this subject in the court case regarding the accusation of Tom Robinson‚ the defendant‚ by Mr. Ewell‚ the prosecutor. In addition to falsely accusing an innocent black‚ Mr. Ewell treats African-Americans as trash. Social class also evidences itself in the disgust of people like the Cunninghams by the higher-up classes. High class citizens often are respectable‚ well-mannered‚ and courteous
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Racism is part of everyday human society and it is human nature to judge other by their skins color‚ race‚ or the way they look. The novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird written by Harper Lee‚ talks about perspective of a young girl named Jean Louise or Scout on series of events that happen in the town Maycomb‚ Alabama. Her father and a widower‚ Atticus Finch‚ is a lawyer with high moral standards and with the help of Calpurnia‚ a black cook‚ Scout and Jem discover the extent of racism in their home community
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description of Boo becomes increasingly fantastic the longer they continue without new information. So consequently‚ their fear grows larger. But all of this misunderstanding and fear finally ends when Boo finally comes out of his house to save Scout from Bob Ewell who was trying to stab her with a knife. Then all of the children’s fear suddenly deflated when they found out that Boo was just an ordinary but solitary man. Another instance of this theme in the book was the seemingly drunk and immoral Dolphus
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courage to be in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. Many characters show they have courage in the novel such as Jem‚ Atticus‚ and Tom Robinson. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in the 1930s where uncourageous white people‚ such as Mayella and Bob Ewell‚ take advantage of their superiority over the black people. When someone mistakenly thought that they were courageous in the novel‚ their misery increased. Courageous people are brave enough to put others before themselves and only fear what will
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how‚ on the night of November 21‚ Bob Ewell urged him to go to the Ewell house and told him that his daughter Mayella had been raped. When Tate got there‚ he found Mayella bruised and beaten‚ and she told him that Tom Robinson had raped her. Atticus cross-examines the witness‚ who admits that no doctor was summoned‚ and tells Atticus that Mayella’s bruises were concentrated on the right side of her face. Tate leaves the stand‚ and Bob Ewell is called. Bob Ewell and his children live behind the town
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behaviours of the characters Mayella Ewell‚ Bob Ewell and Tom Tom Robinson. Born into poverty and shame‚ Mayella Ewell was an outcast in Maycomb. She wanted for somebody to love her‚ which was something she had never felt before from her parents. "Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed"‚ Atticus said to the court. Although she was at the bottom of society‚ she knew the advantage she had of being white. "She was white‚ and
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Atticus. Although he is not physically built‚ he exemplifies the qualities of a hero. During the Great Depression Scout‚ Jem‚ Atticus‚ and their housemaid Calpurnia‚ experience the extent of racism in Maycomb County. Tom Robinson is accused of raping Bob Ewell’s daughter and is defended by Atticus. Robinson is then convicted due to his skin color‚ regardless of his innocence. Throughout this court case Atticus actively supports Tom Robinson. Regardless of difficult circumstances‚ a hero exemplifies
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hereafter)‚ Harper Lee draws attention to the societal issues covering themes of coexistence of good and evil‚ the importance of moral education and the existence of social inequality. These themes are explored through the characters of Scout Finch‚ Bob Ewell and Tom Robinson. Coexistence of good and evil is displayed in the character of Scout Finch. Through the eyes of Scout we begin to see the changes that occur when the innocence of youth is corrupted by a world that is not always fair. As Scout’s
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