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Bob Ewell approached to Atticus when he was leaving the post office. Bob Ewell spat on Atticus’ face. Bob Ewell threatened Atticus that if the trial took longer, he would kill Atticus. Atticus wiped his face with a handkerchief and remained calm.
“Too proud to fight, you nigger-lovin’ bastard?” (Lee 217)
“No, too old,” (Lee 217)
Even though Bob Ewell insulted Atticus, he replied being modest, maintaining his peacefulness. Atticus continues to defend Tom Robinson, because he is moral, unlike other adults in Maycomb. He is able to tolerate other’s impudence.
“So if spitting in my face and threatening me saved Mayella Ewell one extra beating, that’s something I’ll gladly take.” (Lee 218)
He sacrifices himself without reluctance to avoid someone innocent from getting hurt.
Bob Ewell's meeting with Atticus was plain rude from Bo's part. Bob spat in Atticus’s face and threatened to kill him, but since Atticus is an honorable man, he didn’t say much about it. It seemed that since Atticus is more mature, he is doing the right thing; not reacting strongly. Atticus also takes the "rude meeting" as a sort of compliment. For example when he said “So if spitting in my face and threatening me saved Mayella Ewell one extra beating, that’s something I’ll gladly take.” (Lee 218), this means that he accepts a little bad thing (spitting and threatening) over a bog one (beating poor Mayella up).
Bob Ewell's meeting with Atticus at the post office was after the courtcase. Bob Ewell had spat at Atticus and said some things including that he will get Atticus back "even if it takes the rest of his life". All that Atticus does is reply in a calm way, wipe off his face and walk away. I admire Atticus because even though he is threatened by Bob Ewell he continues defending Tom Robinson because he believes that it is right to defend an innocent man.
Bob Ewell met Atticus at the post office. Bob spat on Atticus’s face and said that he would “get him.” Atticus just answered dryly by saying “No, too old,” when Bob asked, “Too proud to fight, you ni***r-lovin’ ba***rd?” Atticus continued supporting Tom Robinson because he knew it was right and he would not back down for only his own good. He stands up for justice. He said that he would take all of the spitting and insulting if it stopped Bob from beating Mayella at least a bit.
Just like everyone said, Bob Ewell had spat on Atticus' face and started insulting him about how he defended an African-American, which was Tom Robinson. Afterwards, Bob had threated Atticus. Of course, Atticus still defended Tom Robinson because he believed in fairness and he did not care of how someone looked, but the events and actions that occurred. He did not really care about the threats and insults Bob had told him because he believed that Bob was only saying it since he was angry. Atticus was really patient to be able to control the hateful communication. However, we find out that his threats were real.
Bob Ewell came up to Atticus, spat in his face and told him that he would get him someday. Atticus is offended but does not make much of it. Besides, Bob Ewell's name would get even worse if he did anything to Atticus. Atticus continues to support Tom Robinson since he knows that he is doing the right thing even though he knows that everyone is criticizing him for protecting a black person. He knows as well as everyone in the town that Tom is telling the truth and that Bob Ewell threw the blame on Tom and that he is the one guilty.
Atticus encountered Bob Ewell. Bob spat at him and started to insult him. He said that he would "get him even if it took the rest of his life." Afterwards, he said, "Too proud to fight, you nigger-loving bastard?" Atticus took it as a man and with dignity responded "No, too old." (217) Atticus remained calm and peaceful. He kept on defending Tom Robinson because he knew it was the right thing to do, despite of the Bob's threats. He stood up for justice and said he would take any spitting and insulting.
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