Fear in To Kill A Mockingbird
In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout, the narrator, exemplifies fear throughout Maycomb by way of many different characters.
Within in the first few pages of To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout, the narrator says “But it a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb county had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.” (6) This is illustrated in many examples throughout the novel. To start, the people of Maycomb county quiver at the sound of the name Tom Robinson. Why? They wouldn’t be able to tell you other than the fact that he was a colored man amongst a town of racist white folk. Tom Robinson was disabled on his left side and never seen as threatening until he was accused of rape and abuse by Bob Ewell. Bob took Tom to court, claiming he raped his daughter, Mayella Ewell. The jury is presented with both sides of the situation. They both admitted to having prior relations. ¨She´d [Mayella] call me in, suh. Seemed like every time I passed by yonder she’d have some little somethin’ for me to do- choppin’ kindlin’, totin’ water for her. She watered them red flowers every day--,” Tom states during the trial. (178) This tells us that Mayella was never scared of Tom any other time. In the end of the book, Atticus and Jem go to the Robinson house to deliver news. When one of Tom’s sons walks up to the car door that Jem is in, there is fear in eyes. Even though Jem has never had a negative encounter with
In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout, the narrator, exemplifies fear throughout Maycomb by way of many different characters.
Within in the first few pages of To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout, the narrator says “But it a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb county had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.” (6) This is illustrated in many examples throughout the novel. To start, the people of Maycomb county quiver at the sound of the name Tom Robinson. Why? They wouldn’t be able to tell you other than the fact that he was a colored man amongst a town of racist white folk. Tom Robinson was disabled on his left side and never seen as threatening until he was accused of rape and abuse by Bob Ewell. Bob took Tom to court, claiming he raped his daughter, Mayella Ewell. The jury is presented with both sides of the situation. They both admitted to having prior relations. ¨She´d [Mayella] call me in, suh. Seemed like every time I passed by yonder she’d have some little somethin’ for me to do- choppin’ kindlin’, totin’ water for her. She watered them red flowers every day--,” Tom states during the trial. (178) This tells us that Mayella was never scared of Tom any other time. In the end of the book, Atticus and Jem go to the Robinson house to deliver news. When one of Tom’s sons walks up to the car door that Jem is in, there is fear in eyes. Even though Jem has never had a negative encounter with