Why did Jem not want Scout to tell Atticus about Bob Ewell’s comment? Was this a wise thing to ask her to do? Jem did not want Atticus to worry about Mr. Ewell’s comment/threat.
What did Atticus say about what Bob Ewell did?
“I wish Bob Ewell wouldn’t chew tobacco,” was all Atticus said about it. According to Miss Stephanie Crawford, however, Atticus was leaving the post office when Mr. Ewell approached him, cursed him, spat on him, and threatened to kill him.
What Scout says about Bob Ewell?
Scout describes the position that the Ewells hold in the Maycomb community. Her description makes clear that the Ewells are not a powerful family who are playing with the lives of those less fortunate. Rather, the Ewells are the poorest of the poor and at the very bottom of white society.
Why did Bob Ewell try to hurt Jem and Scout?
Bob Ewell attacks the children to get revenge against their father. He has the opportunity to do so because the children are walking home in the evening, and they are by themselves….. something that would not have been considered out of the ordinary at the time.
What is Atticus reaction to Bob Ewell’s challenge?
What do you think of Atticus’s reaction to Bob Ewell’s challenge? Should he have ignored Bob, retaliated or done something else? He did the right thing by walking away. Bob was looking for a fight and Atticus wouldn’t give it to him.
Why does Atticus believe that Jem killed Mr. Ewell?
Why did Atticus Finch think that his son, Jeremy “Jem” Finch was the one who killed Bob Ewell? Because Scout Finch said, she thought Jem did it.
How old is Boo Radley?
Answer and Explanation: Harper Lee gives us a clue about Boo Radley’s age when we find out that he was 33 when he stabbed his parents.
What does Bob Ewell look like?
Scout first sees Mr. Ewell at Tom Robinson’s trial. She thinks he looks like a freshly-scrubbed rooster, and he’s about as articulate as a dirty-minded Foghorn Leghorn.
Who was Bob Ewell yelling in Chapter 17?
| Question | Heck Tate’s Answer (Chapter 17) | Mayella Ewell’s Answer (Chapter 18) |
|---|---|---|
| Who was Bob Ewell yelling at? | Answer: Quotation: | Answer: Quotation: |
| Why did Tom run away? | Answer: Quotation: | Answer: Quotation: |
| Who harmed Mayella? | Answer: Quotation: | Answer: Quotation: |
What does Bob Ewell symbolize?
Bob represents the uneducated and racist sector of the Southern population. He is indisputably the worst person living in Maycomb, but because he is a white man, this puts him above Tom Robinson. Bob Ewell knows that Tom is innocent, but takes advantage of his perceived superiority for his own benefit.
What happened to Boo Radley at the end?
He becomes like a ghost who is unable to lead a normal fulfilling life, apparently rebelling only when he stabs his father in the leg with a pair of scissors. For a while after this incident Boo is imprisoned in the basement of the courthouse, but is later moved back home.
How did Bob Ewell get revenge on Atticus?
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.
Who saved Jem Scout?
Boo Radley
Scout is amazed to discover that the man who rescued her and carried Jem back to the house is Boo Radley. Atticus tells her that Boo’s real name is Arthur. Even though Atticus believes it is Jem who has accidently killed Bob Ewell, he is determined that the cause of Ewell’s death must not be hushed up.
Who threatens Atticus’s life after the trial?
Despite the guilty verdict, the effects of the trial linger. At the end of chapter 22, we learned that Bob Ewell confronted and threatened Atticus.
Why do you think Bob does this to Atticus?
Bob Ewell is mad at Atticus because Atticus made Mr. Ewell look bad in front of the entire town. He told the twon that he beat his daughter, Mayella. Even though Tom as found guilty, there are people in town who believed Atticus’s story.
What will happen if Tom loses the appeal?
What will Tom’s sentence be if he loses the appeal? He’ll be sent to a mental institution for the criminally insane.
Does Atticus know Boo killed Bob?
As the men argue, Atticus realizes that Boo Radley killed Ewell, and it is Boo who Tate is trying to protect. They finally agree that Ewell did fall on his own knife, a decision Scout fully understands. Boo sees Jem one more time and then asks Scout to take him home.
Who did Atticus think killed Bob?
Jem
Atticus, who believes Jem is the one who killed Bob, thinks Heck wants to cover up the truth to protect Jem. Atticus is adamantly against lying to protect Jem. He thinks that protecting Jem from the law will undermine Atticus’s relationship with his children and everything that he has taught them.
Does Atticus think Jem killed Bob?
Atticus is convinced Jem killed Bob Ewell but Heck Tate (the sheriff) points out that Jem isn’t strong enough and after Bob broke his arm he wouldn’t have been able to stab him. The sheriff insists that Mr Ewell fell on his own knife.
What race is Boo Radley?
Boo Radley is a white individual who never left his house because of the ways society viewed him. Tom Robinson was a black man who got framed of a crime that he did not do. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird…show more content…
Does Boo Radley have autism?
Surprisingly, Boo’s autism is his strength by the end of the novel, not only because he is highly-intelligent and hyperaware but because he impulsively saves Scout and Jem.