of Maycomb County‚ Alabama in the 1930s. The main focus of the story is the trial against Tom Robinson who was accused of raping young Mayella Ewell. The story can be seen through the eyes of protagonist‚ Scout Finch who is the daughter of Tom Robinson’s lawyer‚ Atticus Finch. Protagonist Scout Finch will be the one to introduce us to our antagonist‚ Mayella Ewell. In this small town race‚ gender‚ and class will determine the power of an individual in this small Alabama community. As class pertains
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novel. This book also tends to affect those in schools that at first are not interested in reading this book. Harper Lee‚ in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ shows many different symbols throughout the entire book. Boo Radley‚ Tom Robinson‚ Atticus Finch‚ Mayella Ewell‚ and Scout Finch are symbols throughout the story. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a timeless novel with great insight on the simple times‚ racism‚ and the difficult situations that occur in life. (Altman) The full name of Harper Lee was
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class‚ race‚ or gender. To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ shows great a illustration of stereotyping. In a small town of Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ a 19 year old girl‚ Mayella Ewell is stuck in a horrifying situation. Tom Robinson‚ a black male is accused of raping and abusing Mayella. Between class judgement‚white supremacy ‚ and ‚ is Mayella really powerful? Given Mayella’s race‚ you could say that she is a powerful person. As stated before‚ in that time period‚ white people had more power blacks. Black
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American man Atticus defends when he is accused of raping a white woman‚ Mayella Ewell. Tom is a young‚ harmless‚ innocent‚ hardworking black. As Scout realizes‚ His left hand had been injured in an accident. Tom was married‚ with three children and worked for Mr. Link Deas in his farm. The only mistake he made was that he took pity on Mayella and often helped her by doing small household chores for her. He pitied Mayella for her deplorable condition and so helped her whenever possible. But the
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called to the scene to examine Mayella Ewell. Bob Ewell takes the stand next and causes a stir in the courtroom with his bad attitude and foul language. Mr. Ewell is not shaken from his story‚ but Atticus carefully plants the seed that Mr. Ewell himself could’ve beaten Mayella. Mayella takes the stand next. Even though Atticus believes that she’s lying‚ he treats her with courtesy and respect; Mayella thinks that he’s making fun of her. Her testimony soon proves that Mayella is unused to gentility and
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Robinson who “raped” a white female named Mayella Ewells but I don’t think he is guilty in this essay I will be telling you why I think Tom Robinson isn’t guilty. I think Tom isn’t guilty because they found marks on the right side of Mayella’s body and found choking marks around her neck‚ but how would Tom Robinson do it if his left arm is crippled from a childhood accident when he was a little boy. Another reason why I think he isn’t guilty because Mayella invited Tom in then she grabbed him around
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or sex. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a 19 year old female named Mayella Ewell is accusing Tom Robinson an African- American for raping here and back then in the 1920s it wasn’t supposed to mess around with blacks.The question is Class‚ Gender ‚and Race is mayella powerful? Mayella is powerful in race because whites are considered way better than negroes. Race shows the measurement of mayella’s power. Mayella is powerful in race because she’s white and the men she’s accusing for raping
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One reason is that Atticus does a phenomenal job of discrediting the Ewells. When Mayella is cross-examined by Atticus she becomes flustered. She contradicts herself and constantly needed to pause to figure out her story. When the cross-examination is over
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supposedly raped Mayella Ewell inside of her home while she asked him to do a little work.. Atticus defends Tom and does his best to keep the jury thinking about the case and not the skin color of Tom. Atticus found out that Mayella’s dad was left handed and that Tom’s left arm was unusable and that he could not have abused Mayella with just one arm. Tom Robinson Tom Robinson was accused of raping Mayella Ewell because he’s been in the Ewell house multiple times and every now and then Mayella would ask
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how‚ on the night of November 21‚ Bob Ewell urged him to go to the Ewell house and told him that his daughter Mayella had been raped. When Tate got there‚ he found Mayella bruised and beaten‚ and she told him that Tom Robinson had raped her. Atticus cross-examines the witness‚ who admits that no doctor was summoned‚ and tells Atticus that Mayella’s bruises were concentrated on the right side of her face. Tate leaves the stand‚ and Bob Ewell is called. Bob Ewell and his children live behind the town
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