Character Analysis Of Bob Ewell In To Kill A Mockingbird

The Ewells are the poorest family in Maycomb. Since the mother is dead, the children have to depend on the father, Bob Ewell. Bob is a man who drinks his money away and doesn't care much for his children. Like animals, they live in the town dump. Burris Ewell, one of the children, has to deal with this. He has no parental guidance, he never washes himself, and lives in extremely poor living conditions. Burris is described as the filthiest kid in the class, his “neck was dark grey, the backs of his hands were rusty and his fingernails were black deep into the quick” (35). The only clean spot on him was his face, which allowed him to see Miss Caroline. Not only is Burris filthy, he is also disrespectful to adults. When Miss Caroline is shocked
The Cunninghams are “country folks, farmers, and the crash hit them the hardest” (27). They may have no money, but they at least pay back with little favors over the years. [insert sentences that I don't know how to word here]. Walter Cunningham, unlike Burris, tries to maintain his dignity and values. He respects adults and try to look his best on the first day of school. Although Walter didn't have any shoes, he did have “on a clean shirt and neatly mended overalls”, showing that he actually cares about his first day of school (25). Walter is also able to have a nice decent conversation with Atticus, which shows how he is respectful to adults. Walter may be so poor to not be able to have shoes, but at least he [can’t think of words that don't sound so
Although it's not clear, it is obvious that Dill has never met his father in a very long time. At the beginning of the book, Dill says he has no father. Scout then keeps pushing the subject on him and Jem tells her to hush because it's a touchy subject. Dill's mom doesn't show much interest in Dill, he gets "passed around from relative to relative, and Miss Rachel keeps him every summer" (110). In this point of the book, it's clear that Dill's parents neglect him and makes him think that they didn't need him. Dill deals with this squalor by lieing. Dill mentions that his dad was the president of the "L & N Railroad" and started boasting that he "helped the engineer for a while" (---). Both Jem and Scout knew Dill by now and told him to shut up. When Dill runs away from home to get to Maycomb, he claims that he was "bound by chains and left to die in the basement by his new father, who disliked him..." (187). This was not true. Later, Dill explains the real reason as to why he ran away was because "they stayed gone all the time, and when they were home, even, they'd get off in a room by themselves" (190). This made Dill believe that his family got along better without him and that he didn't belong in the