What are Atticus Finch's morals and values compared to Bob Ewell's morals and values?

Atticus Finch is the morally upright character in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, and Bob Ewell is his foil. These two characters have contrasting morals and values. Atticus values education and moral development. He believes in equality, justice, and tolerance.Atticus courageously defends Tom Robinson in front of a prejudiced jury and displays integrity in multiple scenes throughout the novel. He keeps his "cool" in adverse situations and does not react with anger when...

Atticus Finch is the morally upright character in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, and Bob Ewell is his foil. These two characters have contrasting morals and values. Atticus values education and moral development. He believes in equality, justice, and tolerance. Atticus courageously defends Tom Robinson in front of a prejudiced jury and displays integrity in multiple scenes throughout the novel. He keeps his "cool" in adverse situations and does not react with anger when community members threaten and insult him for defending Tom. Atticus also believes in humility and hard work. Atticus values the truth and never lies to his children or the community members of Maycomb.

Bob Ewell is the novel's antagonist who attempts to kill Scout and Jem. Bob has no morals and is the most disgraceful character in the novel. He is willing to go to extreme lengths to get revenge, and it is even suggested that he sexually molests his own daughter. He values his reputation and reacts with anger after Atticus reveals he was responsible for beating his daughter. Bob's bruised ego is his motivation to "get even" with everyone who wronged him during the trial. Bob values traditional Southern ideas of white supremacy, which is why he assaults his daughter after witnessing her seduce a black man. Bob obviously does not value his children or education. He leaves Mayella to raise the children and does not care that Burris doesn't attend school.