Secondly In the novel To KILL a Mockingbird Bob Ewell is a negative influence in children's lives. Bob ewell is rude, Ill-mannered and an alcoholic. He often neglects his children and when he is around them they learn to have the same awful traits. An example of this would be when Sheriff Tate is talking to Atticus about Bob Ewell and all the awful things he has done. He asks if he thinks he will come after Atticus. "He had guts enough to pester a poor colored women, he had guts enough to pester judge Taylor when he thought the house was empty, so do you think, he’da met you to your face in daylight?".(260 ) This quote demonstrates that Bob Ewell is a very dangerous man and bad influence not only on his children but on everyone in the town.
