Judgment Always Finds A Place
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is one of the most well known literary works out there today! The novel is set in a town named Maycomb in Alabama in the 1930’s, many of the themes and issues in the novel still affect people today. The novel is told by a young woman named Jean Louise ‘Scout’ Finch, who speaks the truth because of her little experience in the world. She tells an in-depth story about events that occurs in Maycomb. There are two main ideas in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird: the children’s urge to befriend a mysterious figure whose name is Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley, and a trial of …show more content…
He always calls African-Americans the N word, and uses slangs in his everyday language. During Tom Robinson’s trial, Bob Ewell states, “I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella!” (231). Bob Ewell is ignorant because he uses the N word and also uses the word ruttin’. Bob Ewell could have used Tom’s name, or even ‘black man’ but instead Bob Ewell chose to use a derogatory name which means slave to address Tom. He also uses the word ruttin’ which is a term for when animals are forced to mate with one another, calling Tom an animal who was forcing Mayella to mate with him. Bob Ewells ignorance relates to a theme in the story of how humans tend others by their appearances and opinions. Bob Ewell is a character who is extremely ignorant to others because he calls Tom an animal and a slave. He also calls other African-Americans slangs and derogatory names. Therefore like most Caucasians at the time he would take full pleasure in calling Tom by derogatory names because of his evil intents. Bob Ewell is an ignorant character who calls other colored folks names, but he is also …show more content…
After Tom’s trial had ended, he would come up to Atticus and spit in his face, threaten to kill him, and call him names. Miss Stephanie Crawford, an elderly lady in her 60’s, re-tells what Bob Ewell had said to Atticus to the children, “Too proud to fight you nigger-lovin bastard?” (291). Bob Ewell was demonstrating disrespectfulness by calling Atticus a slave-loving bastard, referring to Tom as a slave, and Atticus as a slave loving bastard which is a profound insult to many Caucasians at the time. Simply the word bastard is a derogatory term used to address someone in a vulgar manner. Bob Ewell was asking for a fight and when Atticus humbly refuses, Bob Ewell starts cursing and spitting on Atticus. Bob Ewell’s disrespectfulness relates to the theme of how humans tend to judge others based on their appearances and opinions because he harasses Atticus for defending Tom Robinson during his trial. His actions against Atticus strongly depict that he is an insanely disrespectful
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is one of the most well known literary works out there today! The novel is set in a town named Maycomb in Alabama in the 1930’s, many of the themes and issues in the novel still affect people today. The novel is told by a young woman named Jean Louise ‘Scout’ Finch, who speaks the truth because of her little experience in the world. She tells an in-depth story about events that occurs in Maycomb. There are two main ideas in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird: the children’s urge to befriend a mysterious figure whose name is Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley, and a trial of …show more content…
He always calls African-Americans the N word, and uses slangs in his everyday language. During Tom Robinson’s trial, Bob Ewell states, “I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella!” (231). Bob Ewell is ignorant because he uses the N word and also uses the word ruttin’. Bob Ewell could have used Tom’s name, or even ‘black man’ but instead Bob Ewell chose to use a derogatory name which means slave to address Tom. He also uses the word ruttin’ which is a term for when animals are forced to mate with one another, calling Tom an animal who was forcing Mayella to mate with him. Bob Ewells ignorance relates to a theme in the story of how humans tend others by their appearances and opinions. Bob Ewell is a character who is extremely ignorant to others because he calls Tom an animal and a slave. He also calls other African-Americans slangs and derogatory names. Therefore like most Caucasians at the time he would take full pleasure in calling Tom by derogatory names because of his evil intents. Bob Ewell is an ignorant character who calls other colored folks names, but he is also …show more content…
After Tom’s trial had ended, he would come up to Atticus and spit in his face, threaten to kill him, and call him names. Miss Stephanie Crawford, an elderly lady in her 60’s, re-tells what Bob Ewell had said to Atticus to the children, “Too proud to fight you nigger-lovin bastard?” (291). Bob Ewell was demonstrating disrespectfulness by calling Atticus a slave-loving bastard, referring to Tom as a slave, and Atticus as a slave loving bastard which is a profound insult to many Caucasians at the time. Simply the word bastard is a derogatory term used to address someone in a vulgar manner. Bob Ewell was asking for a fight and when Atticus humbly refuses, Bob Ewell starts cursing and spitting on Atticus. Bob Ewell’s disrespectfulness relates to the theme of how humans tend to judge others based on their appearances and opinions because he harasses Atticus for defending Tom Robinson during his trial. His actions against Atticus strongly depict that he is an insanely disrespectful