A Comparison of Atticus Finch and Bob Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird Essay

Maturity is shown throughout many parts of To Kill a Mockingbird, especially after the trial and everything the town has been through. One way maturity is shown is when Scout Finch beat up Walter Cunningham because he ruined her first day of school. Even though Scout stuck up for Walter and explained to Miss. Caroline that he is too poor to afford a lunch and shoes. Miss Caroline said, “You’re starting off on the wrong foot in every way, my dear. Hold out your hand” (Lee28). Miss. Caroline got Scout in trouble for speaking up and hit her with a ruler for punishment. Scout blamed Walter for her getting in trouble so decided to beat him up during recess. When Atticus Finch got her in trouble for what she did, she soon realized that wasn’t the right thing to do. Another way maturity is shown in this novel is when Robert Ewell was angry about the way Atticus made him look on the stands, so on his way to the post office Bob Ewell spat in Atticus’ face. Bob told Atticus he would get him if it took him the rest of his life. “When a man says he’s gonna get you, looks like he means it” (292). Bob was mad about the trial and that Atticus…

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch is more like God the Father than Bob Ewell. Atticus is one of the best lawyers in Maycomb County. The trial the book is centered upon is an interesting one – one, in which, that Atticus happens to be defending the man Bob Ewell accused of raping his daughter. Many in Maycomb, Alabama question Atticus’ parenting abilities. He is a widowed father of two children named Scout and Jem. His methods of teaching his children right from wrong are…

To Kill A Mockingbird Essay (Rough draft) In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, empathy is used habitually by the occupants of Maycomb. The main characters in the novel have learned this valuable trait and have put it to good uses, such as in the Tom Robinson case, the Arthur Radley “unveiling” catastrophe, and Jems hard times with adolescence. Many of these things has helped the characters learn and grow their empathy, and changed their character growth dramatically. Atticus…

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is a modern American classic that deals with race and gender. Mockingbird tells the story of an African American man on trial for the rape of a white girl in the depression-era deep south. The novel’s theme of prejudice can especially be applied to America’s tension-filled race and gender relations today. Although the law no longer discriminates against certain races and genders, prejudice still exists. To Kill a Mockingbird is still extremely relevant in…

asked him to do out of the kindness of his heart. In fact, he even “felt right sorry for her” because Mayella never had any help with her work. His actions indicate his kind nature and disposition and reveal how he resembles a mockingbird. Additionally, Tom Robinson loses the court case even though he did not commit the crime. This conviction relates to the statements Atticus and Miss Maudie said, “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s…

As Atticus Finch teaches his daughter in To Kill A Mockingbird, ‘(...) if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks, You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view (...) until you climb into his skin and walk around in it’” (Lee 39). Empathy is one of the most important parts of human life. It allows people to achieve a deeper understanding of the thoughts and emotions others may experience. This value is a…

To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel that is empowering and moving, as many life lessons are taught with the use of different themes in this classic novel. The setting of the novel is in a small southern town in the 1930’s where prejudice was widespread in the American society. During the era, judgment, corruption, and intolerance of others were not uncommon. There was a separation between social and racial means. Atticus Finch, a distinguished lawyer in the…

The novel entitled “To Kill a Mockingbird” by author Harper Lee is full of many insightful and inspiring characters. But sometimes the characters who are seen as inspiring also have another side to them. To Kill a Mockingbird represents the innocence of characters and their relation to the mockingbird symbol. We see these representations through characters like Tom Robinson, Boo Radley and Jem. In to kill a mockingbird Tom Robinson is portrayed as the mockingbird who got shot. When Tom was…

above all else, a sheriff; the upholder law is the physical manifestation of justice. The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is told from the perspective of a then six year old Scout and takes place in the southern town of Maycomb, Alabama. Scout 's father, Atticus Finch is defending a black man, Tom Robinson, who is falsely accused of rape. The father of the false rape victim, Bob Ewell, is an abusive alcoholic who has a distaste for Atticus, as he is defending Robinson,…

be violence against him because of what he represented, a change of tradition in the national pastime. Atticus Finch did this too. When he accepted the Tom Robinson Rape case, he knew that would lose, he knew that even if he had proven Tom Robinson innocent, that he would still have been found guilty because of tradition and tainted states of mind. When Atticus was talking to his son Jem about the trial, he told him: “...courage is...when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin…