Why does sheriff Heck Tate think “Jem never stabbed Bob Ewell,”because he had stolen the knife from the only drunk man in town(Lee 272). He knew that Jem wouldn't have fought him off which left Arthur Radley, and the sheriff who is not at all being a doctrinaire and doesn’t tell anyone about the murder. Chapter 30 of To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, is drama filled when the sheriff Heck Tate, doesn’t arrest a man named Arthur Radley also known as Boo, for committing a murder! He does this because Arthur is an innocent man who did it for a noble reason. The passage in chapter 30 has Heck Tate having to push away his morals of enforcing the law because he knows it is better if he lets it be and calls the murder an accident. Scout
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This starts with the characters being inside and then moving “out on the front porch,” to talk about the murders, which is a place Scout trusts (Lee 271). This has effect on how Scout sees the situation in a more comfortable place rather than a stressful one. This gives her a chance to be able to listen and understand. Another way this is used is that the body language changes from the inside to the porch of the the house like the sheriff “stamped off the porch” compared of being quiet when they were inside(Lee 276). This helps Scout read Heck a little better so she can see how stressful it is for him. His body language shows how hard it is to go past himself and his morals because he realizes this is larger than him. The porch give Scout a place to trust the sheriff so she can have a good coming of age …show more content…
First he tries to convince his story the Atticus by saying that Bob Ewell fell on his knife and “I can prove it,” he said(Lee 279). This shows scout that their are good people who are willing to sacrifice a lot of things for justice. It shows Scout that if even if a sheriff can understand that what arthur did was for the greater good even if he did bad the outcome was good. Heck also gets the story straight with the Finch’s by saying “it was like this” showing that he knew he convinced them(Lee 271). He wanted to make sure everyone had the story straight so if Maycomb became a place of bedlam they knew what to say.This shows that he truly didn't crack and kept his cool and made a convincing and realistic story. To serve justice Heck is willing to go beyond himself for the justice of
This starts with the characters being inside and then moving “out on the front porch,” to talk about the murders, which is a place Scout trusts (Lee 271). This has effect on how Scout sees the situation in a more comfortable place rather than a stressful one. This gives her a chance to be able to listen and understand. Another way this is used is that the body language changes from the inside to the porch of the the house like the sheriff “stamped off the porch” compared of being quiet when they were inside(Lee 276). This helps Scout read Heck a little better so she can see how stressful it is for him. His body language shows how hard it is to go past himself and his morals because he realizes this is larger than him. The porch give Scout a place to trust the sheriff so she can have a good coming of age …show more content…
First he tries to convince his story the Atticus by saying that Bob Ewell fell on his knife and “I can prove it,” he said(Lee 279). This shows scout that their are good people who are willing to sacrifice a lot of things for justice. It shows Scout that if even if a sheriff can understand that what arthur did was for the greater good even if he did bad the outcome was good. Heck also gets the story straight with the Finch’s by saying “it was like this” showing that he knew he convinced them(Lee 271). He wanted to make sure everyone had the story straight so if Maycomb became a place of bedlam they knew what to say.This shows that he truly didn't crack and kept his cool and made a convincing and realistic story. To serve justice Heck is willing to go beyond himself for the justice of