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| “ | Too proud to fight, you ni--er-lovin' bastard? | „ |
| ~ Bob trash talking Atticus. |
Robert E. Lee "Bob" Ewell, commonly referred to as Bob Ewell, is the main antagonist of Harper Lee's 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird and its 1962 film adaptation of the same name.
He is the alcoholic and abusive father of Mayella Ewell and her seven siblings. A virulent racist, Ewell later frames Tom Robinson for raping his daughter in hopes of being seen as a hero by the townsfolk of his town.
He was portrayed by the late James Anderson.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- He takes poor care of his family by neglecting and abusing his eight children. It gets so bad that the town sheriff allows him to hunt illegally to prevent his children from starving to death.
- He also treats Mayella so poorly that she doesn't understand basic kindness and thinks Atticus is mocking her when he speaks politely to her in court.
- He savagely beats up Mayella when he sees her making advances on Tom Robinson, and he has Tom arrested on false charges of raping her.
- It's implied by Mayella at the trial that Bob has been sexually abusing her himself.
- He essentially sentences Tom Robinson to death by manipulating the prejudiced justice system in Maycomb County, partly because he was racist and partly so that Maycomb County would shower him with praise.
- He threatens to kill Atticus even though Tom was sentenced to death simply for being proven a liar.
- He gloats when Tom is killed in an escape attempt, saying it's "one down and about two more to go."
- He attempted to rob Judge Taylor after he made him look like a fool.
- He stalks and sexually harasses Tom's widow, and has to be intimidated by Link Deas before he stops.
- After being humiliated and disrespected in court (and realizing that Maycomb still doesn’t respect him despite successfully killing Tom Robinson), he attempts to murder Atticus Finch's two children, Scout and Jem.
- Even though the jury declared Tom Robinson guilty, Bob does this out of pure vengeance, but fails and gets stabbed by Boo Radley. It also makes him a coward since he decided to go after the children and not Atticus.
External Links[]
- Bob Ewell on the Villains Wiki.
- Bob Ewell on the Hate Sink Wiki.
- Bob Ewell on the Pathetic Pinhead Wiki.
