In To Kill a Mockingbird, Bob Ewell's death is liken to the death of a blue jay, a creature which only takes from the world. Mr. Ewell accuses Tom Robinson, an innocent black man, of raping his daughter. This is not true, but the people of the town chose to believe Mr. Ewell due to their racist views against blacks. Tom Robinson is seen as guilty by the court and is put in jail, where he is killed for trying to escape. Mr. Ewell is still not satisfied with how he was treated during the trial, so he decides to go after the people of the town involved. He stalks Helen, Tom's wife, he uses a knife to rip a hole in Judge Taylor's screen porch, and he attempts to kill Scout and Jem, the children of Atticus, the lawyer for Tom Robinson. During his attempt to kill Scout and Jem, in the dark he fell onto his kitchen knife and killed himself. Atticus freaked out after he found out, thinking that Jem killed him, but what Heck Tate, the sheriff, reminds him is that Mr. Ewell was a horrible man attempting to kill two children because of a lie that he made himself to cover up that he abused his eldest daughter. As Atticus explained in the beginning of the book and reiterated many times throughout, "'Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.'" I believe that this is relating to Tom Robinson and Bob Ewell. Robinson helped out throughout the town and always was there for Mayella. His death should be seen as a horrible misfortune, while Mr. Ewell's death should not be seen at all. He caused pain and harm to loving, thoughtful, innocent people, and attempted to murder two young children who did nothing at all. Bob Ewell should be seen as nothing but a harmful bird, while Tom Robinson should be remembered as a beautiful songbird giving music to all who can hear.
- Rachel M.
Maycomb is a town of people like flowers, but there is always one nut grass. "She loved everything that grew in the God's earth, even the weeds. With one exception." (Lee, 56). That one exception is nut grass because she claims its poison. Many people such as Ms. Maudie are flowers in the town of Maycomb. She grows them and takes care of them. However, there are also weeds in the town Mayomb. People such as Ms. Merriweather, who talks badly about Atticus in his own home, but even the weeds are excepted. Ms. Merriweather is accepted into Alexandra's club. She might not be nice, but she's accepted. There is a nut grass though, the complete poison to Maycomb, who brings everyone's spirits down. It's Bob Ewell. He spits in Atticus's face, accuses a mockingbird of rape, and attempts to murder two children. Eventually he is pulled up and order is restored to the town, but he caused the death of an innocent man. Bob Ewell is held responsible for the death of a mockingbird.
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