To Kill a Mockingbird - Bob Ewell

 Airam Coronel

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        Harper Lee, the author, uses language to portray Bob Ewell in every single and minimal characteristic. Harper Lee describes Bob Ewell in a very detailed manner in order for us, the readers, to comprehend and have an image of his appearance and the way he talks. Harper Lee perfectly describes Bob Ewell every time he appears in a scene in order for the readers to get the image of how he looks like. Bob Ewell was mentioned in most of the scenes, and was described sometimes a little bit different. We learned something new about Bob Ewell every time he was mentioned in a scene. Bob Ewell could have been a very bad example to his children and to the whole community, but we also knew that he did somewhat care for his children and looked after them.

        Bob Ewell was like any other Ewell in Maycomb, they lived in trashy places. Bob Ewell was a disgrace to Maycomb city, but he wasn't the only one, all of the other Ewells were a also a disgrace to the city. The Ewells don't obey any of the laws established, and they had their own laws which they followed. Bob Ewell was permitted to hunt out of season because many people felt sorry that his children were not fed. Atticus stated,“...but when a man spends his relief checks on green whiskey his children have a way of crying from hunger pains.” In this quote Harper Lee is using Atticus to describe how Ewell spent his checks and all of his money. She made us understand that Bob Ewell was an alcoholic and that he spent all of his money on whiskey or any other type of alcoholic beverage.

        The author, Harper Lee uses different expressions or quotes that briefly describes Bob Ewell. Bob Ewell was the type of man who got drunk almost every day, but as the author expressed him we could see that he does care for his children in a certain way. Bob Ewell was a person that had no education and he just talks out of his mind not caring what other people say about him. The author said, “Mr. Ewell's face grew scarlet. He stood up and pointed his finger at Tom Robinson.” by this Harper is describing the situation in the court in which Bob Ewell was giving his point of view from the case. Bob Ewell was very mad at what he had seen in his own home. Bob Ewell thought that Mayella, his daughter, was being raped by Tom Robinson, a Negro folk from Maycomb. Bob Ewell wanted Tom Robinson to go to jail because he had supposedly raped and beaten up Mayella.