Ewell is rude to his lawyer, from which we can infer, he's simply a crass, rude, and surly man. From the way he talks about his daughter, we can easily surmise that he has no respect or real love for his oldest child.
Mar 13, 2017 · Answers 1 Add Yours Answered by jill d #170087 5 years ago 3/13/2017 5:25 PM Ewell is rude to his lawyer, from which we can infer, he's simply a crass, rude, and surly man. From the way he talks about his daughter, we can easily surmise that he has no respect or real love for his oldest child. Source (s) To Kill a Mockingbird
Mar 04, 2012 · In To Kill a Mockingbird, Bob Ewell treats the court and the attorneys with contempt and disrespect. When he is called to the stand by Mr. Gilmer, Bob begins by addressing his lawyer rudely; when...
Following the Tom Robinson trial, Bob Ewell feels embarrassed and harbors a grudge against Atticus, who presented the ugly truth regarding his and Mayella's actions on the evening of November 21st ...
He’s vulgar, rude, racist, and is very obviously uneducated, which makes him look even less believable than he already does. During the trial, Atticus makes the case that Tom Robinson didn’t rape Mayella; rather, Mr. Ewell beat Mayella and blamed Robinson when he caught Mayella touching Robinson.
His aggressive, drunken behavior causes people in Maycomb to give him a wide berth and allow him to break the rules, as they understand that it’s useless to try to force his children to stay in school and it isn’t worth it to punish him for hunting out of season.
Bob Ewell Quotes in To Kill a Mockingbird. The To Kill a Mockingbird quotes below are all either spoken by Bob Ewell or refer to Bob Ewell. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one: ).
During the trial, Atticus makes the case that Tom Robinson didn’t rape Mayella; rather, Mr. Ewell beat Mayella and blamed Robinson when he caught Mayella touching Robinson.
Note: all page numbers and citation info for the quotes below refer to the Warner Books edition of To Kill a Mockingbird published in 1960. Chapter 19 Quotes.
The Ewell family is so poor that they don’t have enough or any money to pay for doctors. This is mainly because Mr Ewell is unemployed and spends his welfare money on alcohol instead of his children and the upkeep of their home. "He was the only man ever heard of who was fired from the WPA for laziness" - Scout Finch.
Atticus said the Ewells had been the disgrace of Maycomb for three generations.". This is an important quote in the novel because it tells the reader that Bob Ewell didn’t inherit his unpleasant traits by himself, but instead gained them through the previous generation of Ewells before him.
This quote is important because it shows that Ewell views Tom Robinson by his race rather than an equal human being. His views are further supported when he calls Robinson a “black nigger” rather than addressing Robinson by his name. “Rutting” was used to describe how Robinson supposedly raped Mayella, this term is usually used in the context ...
One hand has good as the other” - Bob. This quote shows that Bob Ewell is defensiv e about his physical appearance and lack of education. He feels this way as the people of Maycomb look down on him and his family,as they are the bottom of the social hierarchy.
Although Ewell wants to make a change for his family, social status and work to provide for his children. However, he doesn’t have motivation or passion to work. He expects everyone in the society above and around him, to do have the work done for him.
To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 17. Bob Ewell says this at Tom Robinson’s trial, condemning him to prison and ultimate death with his deadly lies. Ewell uses racist and dehumanizing language, doesn’t speak Tom’s name, emphasises his color and compares him to an animal – “ruttin.”.
All the little man on the witness stand had that made him any better than his nearest neighbors was, that if scrubbed with lye soap in very hot water, his skin was white. – Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 17. Scout is describing Bob Ewell during the Robinson trial.
To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 23. Atticus is such a good and selfless human being that he can even feel compassion for a man as bad as Bob Ewell. After exposing Ewell’s lying in the witness box in court, Atticus says he would rather Ewell direct his fury at him rather than take it out on Mayella Ewell.
One of the town’s poorest families with Bob Ewell drinking all the money he gets, they are allowed leave school when they want, hunt out of season, because the authorities take pity on them. Every town the size of Maycomb had families like the Ewells.
To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 17. Atticus intelligently asks Bob Ewell, who has little control of his lies in the witness box, to write his name on an envelope. Judge Taylor observes Ewell uses his left hand. Atticus believes Ewell beat his daughter Mayella, not Tom Robinson.
To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 1. Scout is talking about her brother Jem’s broken arm, referred to in the opening lines of the novel. This foreshadows Bob Ewell’s heinous attack on the children. “Sometimes it’s better to bend the law a little in special cases. In your case, the law remains rigid.
Town gossip Stephanie Crawford reports this threat from Bob Ewell to Aunt Alexandra, foreshadowing that Ewell had further evil plans following the death of Tom Robinson. Mr. Ewell kept the same distance behind her until she reached Mr. Link Deas’s house. All the way to the house, Helen said she heard a soft voice behind her, crooning foul words.