Character Analysis Of Mayella Ewell In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

In the novel “ To Kill a Mockingbird”, when you take into consideration the thoughts of race, gender, and class, ask yourself, is Mayella Ewell Powerful? Mayella Ewell is looked down upon by white people because she lives with her family on a pig farm behind the dump. She is shunned by the negroes because she has white skin. She spoke in court against Tom Robinson who is the only person to ever be kind to her. Class, gender, and race can affect social power in many significant ways. Mayella Ewell is not powerful when these ideas are taken into consideration

Even though Mayella is a white women, she is lower than the negroes in referral to class.

As said before, Mayella Ewell lives on a pig farm behind the dump in an old negro cabin. The white people do not interact with her and her family, or even acknowledge their presence. Class is mainly about a person's education and how much money he or she makes. The Ewell’s leave school after the first day so they aren’t well educated or even at all. They live off of welfare checks so they have no money. When Mayella and her father, Bob Ewell win the case against Tom Robinson, Bob expects himself to be a hero and for everyone to be proud of him but instead all he gets from Judge. John Taylor is “okay, we’ll convict this negro but get back to your dump”.
The race or ethnicity of someone is an example of this uncontrollable decision. Race is the placement of people based on their skin color and\or physical features. In the eyes of the citizens of Maycomb County , Mayella Ewell is considered “white trash”