The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is about a lawyer named Atticus who is defending an African American, named Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson, is accused of rapping a white woman, whose name is Mayella Ewell. I think that Atticus did the right thing in defending Tom Robinson, because Atticus seems to not really care about people's skin color or race. Lastly, Bob Ewell is so mad at Atticus because he’s defending Tom Robinson instead of him.
Yes, I think that Atticus did the right thing in defending Tom Robinson. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a character named Tom Robinson, is being accused of rapping a white person named Mayella Ewell. She is the daughter of Bob Ewell and she is the only girl in her family. Therefore, …show more content…
“So he come in the yard and’ I went in the house to get him the nickel and I turned around and ‘fore I knew it he was on me. Just run up behind me, he did”(Lee 241). This quote is explaining Mayella Ewell's testimony and she was sure and was staying that Tom Robinson had surly rapped her, when its was accutally not true was she was saying. Mayella Ewell accused Tom Robinson of this because she tried to seduce him but he just didn’t fall into her plan. You can tell that this accusation is false because “So I done what she told me, and’ I was just reaching’ when the next thing I knows she--- she’d grabbed me around the legs, grabbed me round th’ legs, Mr. Finch”(Lee 259). Now this quote is showing that Mayella tried to rape Tom Robinson instead of the other thing around which was not …show more content…
I don’t think that Atticus should have defended him because he put his family in danger. “It was Miss Stephanie’s pleasure to tell us: morning Mr. Bob Ewell stopped Atticus on the post office corner, spat in his face, told him he’d get him if it took the rest of his life”(Lee 290). This quote is a threat from Bob Ewell and he is so mad that Atticus Finch is with him in the accusation. So, Bob Ewell actually did do this threat and he went after his children. While he was attacking Jem and Scout, a mysterious man grabbed Bob Ewell, and got him off Jem. As soon as he was done he grabbed Jem and ran carefully to his house and gave him to Atticus. Later, that night Sheriff Heck Tate, went to Atticus Finch’s house and said that Bob Ewell was dead and that he wouldn’t be able to attack them or anything anymore.
In conclusion, I think that Atticus did the right thing in defending Tom Robinson. Atticus didn’t care what people said, because he knew that Tom Robinson was innocent. In fact, he was threatened by Bob Ewell to kill his family, but Atticus doesn’t show too much importance in chapter 23. One day when Jem and Scout were coming back from a performance Bob Ewell out of nowhere just attacked them. A couple minutes later, Boo Radley appeared and helped Jem and Scout, but it was to late because Jem was unconscious. Therefore, Atticus was very happy that Boo Radley had saved his
Yes, I think that Atticus did the right thing in defending Tom Robinson. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a character named Tom Robinson, is being accused of rapping a white person named Mayella Ewell. She is the daughter of Bob Ewell and she is the only girl in her family. Therefore, …show more content…
“So he come in the yard and’ I went in the house to get him the nickel and I turned around and ‘fore I knew it he was on me. Just run up behind me, he did”(Lee 241). This quote is explaining Mayella Ewell's testimony and she was sure and was staying that Tom Robinson had surly rapped her, when its was accutally not true was she was saying. Mayella Ewell accused Tom Robinson of this because she tried to seduce him but he just didn’t fall into her plan. You can tell that this accusation is false because “So I done what she told me, and’ I was just reaching’ when the next thing I knows she--- she’d grabbed me around the legs, grabbed me round th’ legs, Mr. Finch”(Lee 259). Now this quote is showing that Mayella tried to rape Tom Robinson instead of the other thing around which was not …show more content…
I don’t think that Atticus should have defended him because he put his family in danger. “It was Miss Stephanie’s pleasure to tell us: morning Mr. Bob Ewell stopped Atticus on the post office corner, spat in his face, told him he’d get him if it took the rest of his life”(Lee 290). This quote is a threat from Bob Ewell and he is so mad that Atticus Finch is with him in the accusation. So, Bob Ewell actually did do this threat and he went after his children. While he was attacking Jem and Scout, a mysterious man grabbed Bob Ewell, and got him off Jem. As soon as he was done he grabbed Jem and ran carefully to his house and gave him to Atticus. Later, that night Sheriff Heck Tate, went to Atticus Finch’s house and said that Bob Ewell was dead and that he wouldn’t be able to attack them or anything anymore.
In conclusion, I think that Atticus did the right thing in defending Tom Robinson. Atticus didn’t care what people said, because he knew that Tom Robinson was innocent. In fact, he was threatened by Bob Ewell to kill his family, but Atticus doesn’t show too much importance in chapter 23. One day when Jem and Scout were coming back from a performance Bob Ewell out of nowhere just attacked them. A couple minutes later, Boo Radley appeared and helped Jem and Scout, but it was to late because Jem was unconscious. Therefore, Atticus was very happy that Boo Radley had saved his