Chapter 17

In chapter 17, the town is all listening carefully to the trial. Mr. Ewell said that when reached the house, he looked in the window and saw Tom Robinson raping his daughter. Tom Robinson fled, and Mr. Ewell went into the house, saw that his daughter was all right, and ran for the sheriff. Atticus cross-exterminated and asked Mr. Ewell why no doctor was called, but his response was "  it was too expensive and there was no need". Atticus clung himself into that incoherent response because if one is hurt, one is immediately taken to the hospital to make sure there are no major injuries. Another evidence of why Atticus believe Mr. Ewell beats his daughter is because he is left handed and a left-handed man would be more likely to leave bruises on the right side of a girl’s face. But. Mr. Eweill insists that Tom Robinson was the one who beat her.

In this chapter, we can see the abilities of Atticus as a lawyer and the manipulation that Mr. Ewell is doing to his daughter. We can see from the trial that Mr. Bob Ewell who is a drunk man, most had beaten his daughter but she does not denounce him because she is scare of him. These cases are very similar to what is happening know with violence against women. Violence against women are so common and women are scare of denouncing them, and rather have an innocent man get punished for what they had not done.