To Kill A Mockingbird Bob Ewell Analysis

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To Kill a Mockingbird: Bob Ewell

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Bob Ewell tries to get his own justice in the form of revenge against a family, the Finches, who have proven him wrong in front of their entire town. On account of this revenge, Mr. Ewell uncovers that his search and understanding of vengeance are done in an unjust way. In association with one of these attempts for revenge, Bob Ewell shows the true theme of the story - that it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.

Bob Ewell’s understanding of justice is seen in a bad light when he threatens Atticus. The first clear sign of Mr. Ewell wanting to get revenge on the Finches is when he spits in Atticus’s face. Mr. Ewell approaches Atticus “cursed him, spat on him, and threatened to kill him” (291). Atticus simply takes the abuse to protect Mayella from her dad, Bob Ewell. Mayella, being the reason for this conflict, gets abused by her dad from her mistake of kissing a black man. Mr. Ewell simply lets his anger get to him and releases it on people around him. Like he did …show more content…

His search for justice leads to the scene in which we find out the theme of the story. That scene being when Scout telling her dad “it’s be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird” (370). Scout says this in a way that the reader knows the mockingbird is Boo Radley. Without Bob Ewell striving to get Scout and Jem, we would of never had that scene. Boo Radley had to step in and help Scout because “Mr. Ewell was tryin’ to squeeze me(Scout) to death”(361). Boo Radley killed Bob Ewell leading into the theme - it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. Without Bob Ewell’s struggle to get his own form of justice we would never had that scene.
In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Bob Ewell plays a significant role in theme of the story - it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. He also shows his search and understanding of justice in the form of

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