What is ironic about Scout’s observation that “All the little man on the witness stand had that made him any better that his nearest neighbors was, that if scrubbed with lye soap in very hot water, his skin was white”(195)?

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To Kill a Mockingbird

What is ironic about Scout’s observation that “All the little man on the witness stand had that made him any better that his nearest neighbors was, that if scrubbed with lye soap in very hot water, his skin was white”(195)?

To Kill A Mockingbird

Asked by TeOnna R #620797 on 3/13/2017 10:32 PM

Last updated by Aslan on 3/15/2017 4:54 AM

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Answered by Aslan on 3/15/2017 3:50 AM

It is ironic because Bob Ewell felt he was anybody better than blacks because of his skin color. Ewell was in fact a pathetic little mam. Ewell felt his skin to be a badge of honor even though he was a hideous person.

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