In “To Kill A Mockingbird” the setting is based in a little town called Maycomb, Alabama. Maycomb is so small that it is also its own county in Alabama. Maycomb is very solitary with very few inhabitants, which include the main characters, Atticus, Scout, and Jem. However, there are other characters that stand-out as well, such as The Ewells and Tom Robinson. But for this report there will be spotlight on only one character and that is Mayella Ewell.
Mayella Ewell is a female with a very strong attitude. Mayella can get some things to go her way because of her gender and attitude. But there are things that do not go her way, such as wanting to turn in her father in for abusing her, …show more content…
Also, while in court Mayella was felt sorry for by Tom Robinson and that threw everyone off because African-Americans were considered a lower level compared to Caucasian people who were in a higher level. Now to better understand this concept, is that when Tom said that he felt sorry for Mayella, people thought that he was most likely considering her on a much lower level than him when it was supposed to be the other way around but there was already enough damage