To Kill A Mockingbird Burris Ewell Character Traits
In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, one meets many characters with a wide variety of different values and backgrounds. One of these characters include Burris Ewell. Burris Ewell appears in Chapter 3 on Scout’s first day of the first grade. As one finds out through various characters, Burris has a poor family life. Burris Ewell displays a great multitude of his personality in the brief moments in which one meets him. Burris Ewell can be characterized as controlling and condescending due to his poor family life.
Burris clearly displays his condescension and controlling behavior in several situations. For example, after one of the elder kids of the class explained to Miss Caroline about who Burris was on the first day of first grade, Burris comments that he has, …show more content…
For example, when Scout asks about Burris, Atticus, her father, goes on and tells her that, “...when a man spend his relief checks on green whiskey his children have a way of crying from hunger pains.”(Ch. 3, Pg. 31, Paragraph 3) If one’s father uses the government's money that was meant for financial support on alcohol instead of for his children, that father can then be considered uncaring and neglectful toward his children. (Introductory Subordinate Clause) Those neglected children then become self reliant and begin to fend for themselves, thus putting most of the control over their life in their hands. When this control is taken away, the children has no idea how to cope or even live without that control, thus making then freak out in various ways. In application toward Burris’ situation, one can see that when Miss Caroline begins to order Burris around, Burris feels the control being taken from him, so he calls her names to feel like he is regaining the control. Overall, Burris Ewell is a character that displays condescending and controlling behavior, most likely due to his poor family
Burris clearly displays his condescension and controlling behavior in several situations. For example, after one of the elder kids of the class explained to Miss Caroline about who Burris was on the first day of first grade, Burris comments that he has, …show more content…
For example, when Scout asks about Burris, Atticus, her father, goes on and tells her that, “...when a man spend his relief checks on green whiskey his children have a way of crying from hunger pains.”(Ch. 3, Pg. 31, Paragraph 3) If one’s father uses the government's money that was meant for financial support on alcohol instead of for his children, that father can then be considered uncaring and neglectful toward his children. (Introductory Subordinate Clause) Those neglected children then become self reliant and begin to fend for themselves, thus putting most of the control over their life in their hands. When this control is taken away, the children has no idea how to cope or even live without that control, thus making then freak out in various ways. In application toward Burris’ situation, one can see that when Miss Caroline begins to order Burris around, Burris feels the control being taken from him, so he calls her names to feel like he is regaining the control. Overall, Burris Ewell is a character that displays condescending and controlling behavior, most likely due to his poor family