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9. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Chapters 25 - 31

9. What misconception did Atticus have at first about the way Bob Ewell was killed? Why did Sheriff Tate want people to think Ewell fell on his own knife?

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Atticus thought that Boo stabbed Ewell which was probably true. Heck Tate however convinced Atticus of how nobody would win if the truth came out. Boo, a recluse, would be destroyed by the publicity and attention. Atticus finally agrees it better to say the drunk Bob Ewell fell on his own knife.

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