An Important Incident in To Kill A Mockingbird

The most important event in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird happens in the last few chapters of the novel. It is when Bob Ewell attacks Jem and Scout Finch on their way home from the Halloween pageant, and it is the most important event because it is the climax of the story. Also, this novel begins at the end (this event), looking back at when Jem broke his arm during this incident and the …

…refuses to name Arthur Radley as the one who killed Bob Ewell, insisting that ¡§he fell on his knife¡¨. This is because Arthur Radley had done nothing but good in saving the children¡¦s lives, which nearly cost him his own. In conclusion, I believe that the most important event in the novel is when Bob Ewell attacks the Finch children because it is the climax and because several values can be learnt from it.