shapes who you are as a person. Mayella Ewell from To Kill a Mockingbird and Ruby Bates from the Scottsboro Trials as victims and accusers are examples of how society shapes you and influences what you do. Society shaped Ruby and Mayella in both similar and different ways. Society influenced Ruby and Mayella as accusers and as victims. Both girls grew up with a rough home life. They have abusive fathers and mothers that aren’t really around. Ruby and Mayella falsely accused black men of
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In what ways do Atticus Finch and Robert Ewell differ and what do they have in common? Atticus Finch and Robert Ewell are two very different characters‚ but are similar in some ways. They both live in Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ but are respected differently in their communities as Atticus is seen as a brave and courageous man‚ while Robert Ewell is seen as a drunken coward. Atticus ‘lives on the main residential street in town’‚ and Robert Ewell lives in ‘what was once a negro cabin’‚ but it is
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He’s showing the jury that Tom has nothing to hide. Atticus: Were you acquainted with Mayella Violet Ewell? Tom: Yes suh‚ I had to pass her place goin’ to and from the field every day. Atticus: Whose field? Tom: I picks for Mr. Link Deas Atticus: Were you picking cotton in November? Tom: no suh‚ I works in his yard fall an’ wintertime. I works pretty steady for himall year round‚he’s got a lot of pecan trees’n things. Atticus: You say you had had to pass the Ewell place to get to and from work. Is there any
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a Mockingbird. In fact‚ much of the novel is made up of events based on prejudice. One such event‚ and perhaps the most important and major event in this book‚ is the trial of Tom Robinson. Tom has been accused of raping Mayella Ewell‚ a white woman. The truth is that Mayella‚ who has never kissed a man before‚ actually came on to Tom and was caught by her father. He became enraged and beat her. He then fabricated a story accusing Tom of beating and raping her. Atticus Finch was appointed to defend
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hearts. Although both the defendant and prosecutor are both looked upon with disdain from the majority of society‚ Tom’s word does not stand up against the word of a white woman. This is confirmed by Scout’s thoughts: ‘Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed’ (pg.276). No wrong has been committed on Tom’s part except for the fact that he has been born with a different skin colour. Prejudice against Tom is noticeably conveyed in Mr. Gilmer’s treatment towards Tom. He shows
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important part in the story. Racism is shown by the Caucasian’s in Maycomb against the African-Americans in many different ways like when the jury convicts Tom Robinson guilty of raping Mayella Ewell. The details of Tom Robinson raping Mayella Ewell are very vague and do not show enough evidence that Mayella Ewell was raped. When the jury of all Caucasian men decide to vote if Tom Robinson is guilty or not‚ they all vote guilty only because Tom Robinson is black. “I shut my eyes. Judge Taylor was
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judged the Ewell’s family because they lived in a dump and they couldn’t hold a job. While Bob Ewell does in fact fit this judgment‚ not all of the Ewell’s do. Mayella Ewell lives in the same place as Bob‚ yet she is not like him. Even though the Ewells yard is trash‚ as stated in chapter 17 (pg. 170)‚ Mayella was able to keep six “Brilliant red Geranium”. This proves that Maycomb has misjudged Mayella. The citizens of Maycomb County are quick to judge Boo Radley; this is a major example of how
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She says‚ “Mr. Ewell yanked him down ... Then someone yanked Mr. Ewell down” (361). Although Boo Radley is a recluse‚ he has tremendous courage and this is shown when he saves Jem and Scout from Bob Ewell. As Scout recollects the evening’s events she says‚ “The scuffling noises were dying but I heard someone wheezing ... I began walking toward the road and I could see a man walking towards my house carrying Jem” (359). Due to his courage‚ Boo Radley is not only able to stop Bob Ewell from hurting Jem
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who stood up for a black man in the time where there was a lot of segregation. The black man’s name was Tom Robinson. He was said that he had raped a white woman‚ when the truth was that he had nothing to do with it‚ he was guilty. Her name was Mayella Ewell. She said that he had raped her‚ and beat her. The
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blacks and discrimination against blacks. These laws play a huge role in To Kill A Mockingbird by setting up the social environment of the book. Throughout the book‚ we get introduced to many characters and families including the Cunninghams‚ the Ewells‚ Tom Robinson‚ and the Finches. All of these characters occupy a specific role in the social pyramid based on race‚ class‚ and other factors. For Scout‚ throughout the book‚ social class overrides racism in terms of how she judges and values other
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