book‚ ranging from strict town morals‚ justice‚ all the way to racism and death due to racism. I have chosen to outline some of the ways in which Harper Lee uses three minor characters‚ Mayella Ewell‚ Heck Tate and Dolfus Raymond‚ to help emphasise and explore some of the major concerns in the book. Mayella Ewell is the first minor character I shall discuss; a beacon of racial prejudice and the injustice of the courthouses. She is considered to be trash along with the rest of the Ewell’s; despite
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Scout’s youthful innocence. Dill: Friend of Scout and Jem Atticus: The proud‚ moral‚ respected father. Tom Robinson: The black man who was accused of raping Mayella but apparently innocent rapist. Arthur "Boo" Radley: The mysterious reclusive neighbor. Mayella Ewell: The daughter of Bob Robert E. Lee “Bob” Ewell: A poor white man Plot The story takes place during three years of the Great Depression in the fictional "tired old town" of Maycomb‚ Alabama. The narrator‚ six-year-old
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People said they were Mayella Ewell’s. ” Mayella Ewell symbolizes the geraniums in more ways than one. Geraniums can mean preference or gentility. Mayella prefers a more gentle lifestyle. She’s just a young girl that doesn’t know any better. Mayella wants more for her life and for herself. Geraniums can also mean stupidity. Mayella wasn’t necessarily stupid but she just wasn’t raised to know right from wrong. “I got somethin’
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You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee 39). Scout learns to have compassion and empathy on some of the most unexpected characters including Mayella Ewell‚ Tom Robinson‚ and Boo
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Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ two siblings‚ Scout and Jem Finch‚ learn about their town‚ Maycomb County‚ through their father‚ Atticus Finch. Atticus defends an African American named Tom Robinson against their opposing side‚ Bob Ewell accusing him of raping his daughter Mayella Ewell. As a result of not meeting the criteria‚ To Kill a Mockingbird is definitely not a timeless classic; not only does it lack complex life lessons‚ but it also includes an unrealistic character. One reason why this novel is not
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from said society. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ many of the characters are affected by these social pressures in different ways. Mayella Ewell gives in to societal pressure by covering up her “mistake” with Tom Robinson‚ while Dolphus Raymond goes against it and has a happy relationship with an African American wife and mixed children. Mayella Ewell was an incredibly lonely woman‚ she had no friends‚ and had to basically be the mother to her siblings. When Tom Robinson comes along‚ she
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represent mockingbirds in different ways. Tom Robinson was kindhearted and caring man‚ but was unfortunately accused of raping a white girl‚ Mayella Ewell. Tom did not rape her. He was accused to hide the fact that Mayella was abused by her father. Tom is a mockingbird because he cared for Mayella. He helped her around with chores around the house. It seems as if Mayella felt like she had some control over Tom because he was willing to do whatever for her. Tom thought it was a nice thing to do for her and
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but was he really? I don’t think he was‚ and I hope you and the readers of The Maycomb Tribune will help me fight this injustice. Good people like Atticus Finch‚ tried to prove the innocence of Tom Robinson. The real criminals here are Mayella Ewell and Bob Ewell for taking a man’s life simply because he was colored. Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. Is it fair to treat black people any different from white people? No‚ it isn’t‚ but that’s what happened in the Tom Robinson case. Everyone
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as Jem explains "You know something‚ Scout? I’ve got it all figured out‚ now... There’s four kinds of folks in the world. There’s the ordinary kind like us and the neighbors‚ there’s the kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods‚ the kind like the Ewells down at the
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Bob Ewell lives behind the county dump where he raises his children. They live a terrible life of dirt and hunger. His kids hardly ever go to school because he makes them stay and help him get things done at home. After Mr.Ewell took the WPA job he soon lost
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