Despite Bob's taunting, Atticus maintained calm silence and walked away. Atticus does not take Bob's threat to heart. However, Jem and Scout are worried that Bob will attack their father, and they want him to arm himself.

Summary: Chapter 23 Bob Ewell's threats are worrisome to everyone except Atticus. Atticus tells Jem and Scout that because he made Ewell look like a fool, Ewell needed to get revenge. Now that Ewell has gotten that vengefulness out of his system, Atticus expects no more trouble.

Answer and Explanation: In To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem reveals to Scout that the Radley's did him no harm and could have easily.

To Kill A Mockingbird: Book Club Discussion Who was the mockingbird? How was the mockingbird killed? How is Atticus's sense of justice inferred when he tells the children they can shoot all the bluejays they want, but “it is a sin to kill a mockingbird”? Was Atticus successful in instilling conscience in his children?

Some of the reason that Scout and Jem are so afraid is because, to a degree, they still believe that courage and revenge happen physically. Spitting in Atticus's face is, in their understanding, not enough to make Mr. Ewell okay with what happened.

Scout feels that her father should not have listened to Bob Ewell quietly; instead he should have shot him. But Jem makes her realize that Atticus never carried a gun, believing it to be a needless invitation for someone to shoot one.

As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it— whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash.”