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Richelle Mead said, "Well there you go. Even a psychopath recognized your worth enough to want to kill someone else first." Some people would never have the guts to harm people, much less kill. Many are still relentless enough to harm people. A single man, named Bob Ewell, did much worse. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, he wreaked havoc within a small southern town. Making lies and using race, and attempting to kill the town’s kids, Bob Ewell can be defined as a psychopath. Bob Ewell is a relentless man due to his action within the text. He is unstoppable when it comes to attempting to cause trouble. Sometime after the trial, Bob Ewell and Atticus saw each other and Scout said that he told Atticus "he'd get him if it took the rest …show more content…
He does not feel sorry. Even though Tom Robinson was gunned down trying to escape from prison, Bob Ewell still never let the Robinson family be. After Tom's death, Link Deas gave Helen Robinson, Tom’s wife, a job. When Helen would walk to work, Bob Ewell would chunk at her. Helen had to walk a mile out of the way just to get to work. Bob Ewell got into a fight with Link Deas when Link confronted him about this chunking, and Bob called Helen Robinson a nigger and Link Deas replied, "You don't have to touch her, all you have to do is make her afraid, and if assault ain't to keep you locked up awhile, I'll get you in on the ladies law, so get outa my sight! If you don't think I mean it, just bother that girl again!" Bob threatened to get him in trouble saying, "...if you don't think I mean it, just bother that girl again." (Lee, 250). Bob yells and never feels bad. After he continued show no remorse by attacking Jem and Scout, Bob shows no remorse when insulting people and even when trying to harm …show more content…
He lives on the outskirts in a dirt hole. When the kids are talking, they say he lives on the outskirts. When Atticus and Scout were talking about going to school, he told Scout “...Mr. Bob Ewell, Burris’s father, was permitted to hunt and trap out of the season.” (Lee, 31) Bob bends the law to his liking, a characteristic of being antisocial, which is a characteristic of being a psychopath. Also, Bob is a serious alcoholic, and is drunk a lot, and it is hinted in the trial that when Bob is drunk, he communicates by hitting Mayella, and possibly his other children, when intoxicated. Bob Ewell is the definition of antisocial and it rubs off on his
Atticus calls up his first witness, “Bob Ewell.” He asked questions like “Would you ever beat your daughter?” and “Where you on the night of the crime?” Bob Ewell answered that he never has beaten his daughter and was somewhere else at the time of the crime. After that, he asked Bob to write his name, and Atticus not...
(263,264). By demonstrating that Jem did not instigate the attack upon him or his sister, Lee is able to show that Jem is a non instigator also known as a “Mockingbird” because he did not do anything to bring the attack upon himself or his sister. Also, Lee demonstrates the none “Mockingbird” Mr. Bob Ewell by attacking the young Finch children. Another instance of “Mockingbird” characters is Tom Robinson, a hardworking, family loving African American who was put up for his life against the word of two white people even though he had not committed any offences he was being charged for. Tom Robinson was found “Guilty. .
In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, the most important character trait portrayed by Bob Ewell is prejudice. Throughout the book, Bob Ewell demonstrates how prejudice has been kept alive through ignorance and fear. First, by blaming Tom Robinson for beating Mayella. During the trial, Bob Ewell stood up and pointed his finger at Tom Robinson "I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin' on my Mayella"(84)! Bob Ewell emphasizes Tom’s race over everything else. He doesn’t care who he is as a person all he cares about is the color of his skin. Towards the end of the trial, Atticus has one last chance to prove the Ewells wrong. Atticus asks: “About your writing with your left hand, are you ambidextrous, Mr. Ewell? I most positively
Bob Ewell is, in essence, Atticus’ antithesis. If Atticus Finch represents the principled southern man then Bob Ewell certainly represents its darker, less attractive side. He lives in a rural squalor, a bedraggled mess of a house. A poverty stricken unemployed spiteful drunkard, Bob Ewell is looked down upon by all the members of the Maycomb community. His economic situation is at a point where his windows “...were covered with greasy strips of cheesecloth to keep out varmints”(p187) . In such social disarray his racial prejudices have festered to an extreme point, where he is completely blind in his loathing towards Negroes or any sort of social difference. He labels Atticus a “...nigger-loving bastard”(p240), for defending Tom Robinson. This statement alone gives us a graphic insight into how his mind has become truly polluted with narrow-mindedness. Bob Ewell’s loathing of others is impressed further on the reader, when he takes out his prejudices against Atticus, by attempting to kill Jem and Scout. Bob Ewell is the polar opposite of Atticus. He has no sense of justice whatsoever and his very being is the basis of prejudice itself. What is worse is there are others who share in his characteristics.
Ewell. Towards the end of Chapter 3 after Atticus is done explaining to Scout that the Ewells are a part of an exclusive society and had privileges that they didn’t, Scout explains how she believes that is bad. With that, Atticus replies, “It’s against the law, all right, and it’s certainly bad, and when a man spends his relief checks on green whiskey his children have a way of crying from hunger pains. I don’t know of any landowner around here who begrudges those children any game their father can hit.” This analysis by Atticus helps demonstrate how Mr. Ewell doesn’t care much for his kids and may be characterized as selfish. When Mr. Ewell takes the stand in court, it is revealed that he is very stubborn, violent and rude. He describes Mayella as a “stuck pig” and even deems it appropriate to joke and say that he might not even be her real father. Later, at the beginning of Chapter 23, Miss Stephanie describes a confrontation that occurred between Mr. Ewell and Atticus. While Atticus stands his ground and stays respectful towards him, Mr. Ewell continues to spit and curse at him, yelling at him for defending an African American in court. This event helps characterize Mr. Ewell as disrespectful and rude, even when out in public surrounded by
First, the trial of Tom Robinson is an eye-opening experience for Jem and Scout; there they discover hatred, child abuse, and lying. Seeing pure hate is new and strange for Jem and Scout. They know that prejudice does exist, but listening to and watching Bob Ewell during the trial is astounding to them because Bob Ewell abhors all blacks, especially Tom Robinson. Bob’s daughter, Mayella, makes an advance on Tom, which is absolutely unspeakable and shameful at that time. In addition, Bob Ewell’s hate grows (especially for Atticus) because after the trial his reputation and respect is ruined, even though he does not have a high degree of integrity to begin with. Also, through the
Psychopaths literally feel nothing when it comes to violence or fear. Levy studies show that the emotional sectors of the brain are damaged. This makes them dangerous. They can not see that something is hurting or they are hurting someone.
Ewell was tryin’ to squeeze me to death, I reckon…then somebody yanked Mr. Ewell down” Scout Finch states. While Bob Ewell was trying to kill Scout, Arthur (Boo) Radley grabbed him and got him off Scout. Then, Mr. Ewell was killed by a knife. Sheriff Heck Tate of Maycomb county claims “Bob Ewell fell on his knife. He killed himself.”
He treats his children with respect, and explains things to them instead of leaving them in the dark. “‘For a number of reasons,’ said Atticus. ‘ The main one is, if I didn’t I couldn” hold my head up in tow, I couldn’t even tell you or Jem not to do something again.’“(Lee 75) He has had an enormous amount of opportunities to lash out and be cruel. He knew Mayella was lying on the witness stand. He could have been rude to her and make fun of her, but he treated her like he did everyone else. He had the opportunity to physically hurt Bob Ewell after Bob spits on him, but he leaves Bob be. He refuses to hurt those less fortunate or less educated. Even going as far as quitting hunting. “‘I think maybe he put his gun down when he realized that God had given him an unfair advantage over most living things.’” (Lee 98) He is an expert at seeing things from other people’s perspective. He even tells Scout to “You knew really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.” (Lee 279) Bob could not be any more different from Atticus. The Ewell family is the lowest ranking white family in Maycomb. “White people wouldn’t have
Bob Ewell decided to get back at Atticus for the Tom Robinson case by attacking his kids. Boo Radley saved Scout and Jem by stabbing Bob, but Heck Tate is insistent on saying that Bob fell on his knife. Atticus agrees and then explains the situation to Scout. Scout explained to him, “‘Yes sir, I understand,’ I reassured him. ‘
For a class structure to be preserved, dissenters have to be eliminated. Perhaps this is why Tom suffered such a dramatic death in his attempt to break free of a white dominated society. As Atticus recounts, “Seventeen bullet holes in him. They didn 't have to shoot him that much” (315). For a disabled man who was doomed from the time Mayella had feelings for him, the novel 's mockingbird is effectively killed by hate he did nothing to incur. Much like how the Pharisees attempted to take Jesus down before moving onto His followers, after Tom was eliminated, those who defended Tom had to be unable to disrupt class structure again. Unfortunately, the Finch family could not escape the town 's hatred of outsiders. Bob Ewell, Tom 's indirect killer, had “his last shred of credibility” destroyed by Atticus at the trial (292). After spitting in Atticus 's face, Bob vowed to “get him if it took the rest of his life” (290). In a dark twist of events, Bob 's vow ended up taking his life when he tried to silence the outsiders. As a result of his plot to get back at Atticus, Bob targeted Jem and Scout. As Deputy Heck Tate correctly summed up, Bob was, “Low down skunk enough with enough liquor in him to make him brave enough to kill children. He 'd never have met you [Atticus] face to face” (360). Fortunately, the reclusive outsider of the story, Arthur “Boo” Radley, saves the
In To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Bob Ewell assumes the racist, biased, and unjust motivations in order to retain any scrap of dignity in Maycomb County. Bob Ewell sees that he has been bested, and that the town knows the truth, however, he is able to abuse his racial standpoint, using racism to scapegoat his actions. The town, even though they all are aware that Bob Ewell is guilty, has been racially obligated to oppress Tom Robinson, due to the racist roots embedded in the town.
One of the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird is Bob Ewell. Bob Ewell is a selfish drunk who doesn't know how to control himself. He beats his children and he can’t hold a steady job for long. He is obsessed with revenge for Atticus for making him look like a fool at the trial of Tom Robinson, whom Ewell’s daughter is accusing of rape. Because of his false testimony, he can never be trusted again in front of the whole courtroom. He will do anything to get back at Atticus, and is willing to go as far as going after his children. He also has a grudge against the judge in the trial, and against the wife of the accused. Bob is crazy and delusional and is trying to gain back his reputation by taking down all the people that went against him in
Atticus has a hard time choosing whether to tell the town that Bob Ewell died of an accident, or whether his son or Boo Radley killed Bob Ewell. Atticus is a famous lawyer in Maycomb and he believes in legal justice. Atticus learns what had really happened from Scout?s explanation of what she had seen, and heard when Bob Ewell attacked them while walking back from the school play. He understood that Bob Radley killed Bob Ewell in order to save Jem?s life. Atticus does not want to send Boo to court for the fact that Boo saved his children?s life.
The media most often showcases psychopaths as individuals who are inherently evil and dangerous towards themselves and others. Yet, this concept of psychopathy goes far beyond this idea of pure evil and instead necessitates a needed psychological understanding. These individuals, psychopaths, are generally characterized by a lack of empathy and conscience. Indeed, psychopath’s indifference to the repercussions of their actions combined with other characteristics such as hostility and aggression make for a potentially dangerous personality (Lyken, 1996, p.30). In order to identify a psychopath’s recidivism, it is important to differentiate them from sociopaths who, instead of having a psychological impairment that makes it difficult for them to socialize, have been systematically under socialized (Lyken, 1996, p.30). In accordance. psychologists have developed the methods such as the Psychopathy Checklist- Revised (PCL-R) to help identify those with psychopathic tendencies (Walters, 2012, p.409). That is why predictions of recidivism among psychopaths is most efficient when done