Where is Heck Tate the Switchblade?
Heck Tate says that the switch blade he has came from a drunk man in town.
Why does Heck Tate keep saying that he got the switchblade from a drunk man where did it really come from?
He says he got it from a drunk man. He has it because if there are two knives at the scene, then they will know that there were more than one person involved. Boo had the kitchen knife and Ewell had the switchblade. That Boo killed Bob Ewell.
Whose kitchen was it whose switchblade was Mr Tate say that he had taken the Switchblade off a drunk earlier that evening?
The kitchen knife found on the scene belongs to Boo Radley; it was this knife that Boo used to stab and kill Ewell as a way to protect the children from being harmed. This is the knife Boo Radley used to kill Bob Ewell. Later, Heck Tate shows Atticus a switchblade he claims to have taken from a drunk man that night.
How does Heck Tate say that Ewell was killed?
How does Heck Tate say that Ewell was killed? He says that Mr. Ewell fell on his own knife and killed himself.
Who stabbed Bob Ewell?
On the night of the Halloween pageant Bob follows the children home and attacks them but Boo saves Jem and Scout but fatally stabs Bob Ewell. Atticus is convinced Jem killed Bob Ewell but Heck Tate (the sheriff) points out that Jem isn’t strong enough and after Bob broke his arm he wouldn’t have been able to stab him….
Did Boo Radley stabbed Mr Ewell?
When Bob Ewell attacks Jem and Scout on their way home from the Maycomb Halloween festival, Boo Radley intervenes and ends up saving the children by fighting Bob Ewell. During the fight, Boo Radley apparently stabs Bob Ewell in the ribs with a kitchen knife, and Bob dies underneath the oak tree.
How did Boo Radley lose his innocence?
Boo Radley was one of the characters who loss his innocence. He lost his innocence when he was just a kid. As a teenager, Boo experienced trouble with the law and for his consequences, his father imprisoned him in his own house. Radley crushed Boo’s child-like innocence.
Why is Boo Radley scared to leave his house?
As Jem matures he begins to realise that one of the reasons Boo Radley may not leave his house anymore is because he no longer wants to. His house offers him the security that the outside world would not.
What did Boo Radley do that landed him in jail?
What did Arthur (Boo) Radley do (at age 33) that landed him temporarily in the county jail? He stabbed his father in the leg with a pair of scissors.
Why does Boo Radley want to stay inside?
Boo Radley chooses to stay in his house because he is scared to come out of it. An evolution occurs in Boo Radley from the presents in the tree to his first encounter with Scout and Jem at the end of the book. It takes the desperate situation of Mr. Ewell attacking Jem and Scout for Boo Radley to emerge.
What does Jem say at end of chapter 23?
At the end of Chapter 23 of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem says that he understands Boo Radley better now.
Did Boo Radley kill his dad?
Expert Answers Boo Radley did not kill his father. When Boo and his friends are brought into court for driving backwards around the square and imprisoning Mr. Conner in the courthouse outhouse, they were sentenced to the state industrial school.
Who harmed Mayella Ewell?
Tom Robinson
Is Boo Radley black?
Boo Radley is white, and there are several context clues that tell us his race. First of all, the Radleys lived just down the street from Atticus, Jem, and Scout. During this time of the 1930’s, a black family would not be living in the same neighborhood as whites.