Jealousy In To Kill A Mockingbird

Peace Disturber Mankind has a way of changing life and its population. There are two categories: mockingbirds or blue jays. A mockingbird is a bird which is harmless and beautiful; however, opposite of that is grim and ugly, a blue jay. In nature, mockingbirds are innocent birds that are persecuted because they are mistaken for blue jays. In To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Mockingbirds, such as Atticus, Boo Radley, and Tom Robinson are mistaken as blue jays because of persecutors such as Bob Ewell, Miss Stephanie, and the angry mob. As Miss Maudie says, “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy,” (Lee 90). Atticus is an innocent man who attempts to help Tom Robinson as much as…show more content…
As the trial continues, the atmosphere in the courtroom starts to tense up. Atticus asks Bob to write his name down and Bob replies, “I most positively will. How do you think I sign my relief checks?” (Lee 177). However, Bob takes everything for granted, for example, welfare checks. He does not bother to find a job or even support his family. He also blames Atticus for being a blue jay, because Bob believes that the reason he lost his job was because of Atticus. However, even if Atticus knows Bob is blaming him, Atticus does not let Bob’s claim ruin him. Nonetheless, Bob Ewell uses the welfare money to buy whiskey for himself, leading to his family of eight’s starvation. Back in chapter three, Atticus explained to his daughter Scout, “When a man spends his relief checks on green whiskey his children have a way of crying from hunger pains,” (Lee 31). This theory adequately states a man, Bob Ewell, who drinks up his money, has a deleterious effect on his children’s health and education. Also Bob Ewell spends his money buying whiskey instead of nurturing and loving his kids. Atticus, fortunately, shelters his children and gives them an plethora of great…show more content…
The question is whether or not Bob agrees with everything Tate says, and Bob responds, “I hold with everything Tate said,” (Lee 176). Here, Bob only agreed with Tate because Bob wanted Atticus to lose and Tom dead. Bob is a liar because he agrees with everything Tate says, whether it be good or bad. When Jem thought they were going to win the trial, Scout realized, “ If her right eye was blacked and she was beaten mostly on the right side of the face, it would tend to show that a left handed person did it,” (Lee 178). This shows that Tom could not have been the rapist because he has a shriveled up arm and could not have possibly beaten Mayella, while Bob was ambidextrous and a liar. From his carelessness, Mayella a mockingbird at first, has been transformed into a blue jay because she was forced to lie. In the end, Bob wins the trial, but Atticus uses the trial to teach his children the true meaning of a mockingbird. Atticus conveys an important notion to Scout on page 90 of the novel, “It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” By Atticus helping Scout understand what he means, he helps her move toward the right direction in life. However, Bob Ewell, an impudent, incautious, and prevaricator man, ends up ruining his innocuous children’s lives. Bob’s definition of justice has made a great impact on Maycomb and its mockingbirds because of his hatred toward society and Negreos. Wherever there is