How is sympathy created for Mayella Ewell? Lee creates compassion for Mayella Ewell by describing her life at home. In this chapter‚ Atticus progressively builds an image of Mayella’s life at home: «’you the eldest? The oldest?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘How long has your mother been dead?’ ‘Don’t know- long time.’» In this extract‚ Lee demonstrates the role of Mayella in her family and how hard it is for her‚ especially since she is only nineteen and has seven brothers and sisters. She is like their mother: therefore
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decent education‚ and it most certainly was not the number one priority. You were pretty much fine if you were in a rich white family‚ but the further down the caste system you were‚ you harder it was. In Maycomb‚ the Finches‚ the Cunninghams‚ and the Ewells all have a different view of their education‚ inside and outside of the schoolhouse. The Finch family includes Scout Finch‚ Jem Finch‚ and their father Atticus Finch. For Atticus being a lawyer‚ and for being a wealthy white man‚ the Finch family
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accused of raping a white woman named Mayella Ewell when really it was her father‚ Tom is then considered guilty and is sent to prison.When Harper Lee talks about Atticus being threatened‚ she makes this a powerful moment in the novel because she foreshadows that Bob Ewell will be a big threat in the future to Atticus or his family. There are many quotes from the book that make chapter 23 such a powerful moment in the novel because the author foreshadows that Bob Ewell will be a threat to atticus and
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proven that the life of Mayella has been hard and has readers sympathize with Mayella because of her tough living situation‚ which is a run- down home with piles of discarded trash surrounding the front of it. And also because of the ‚ lack of money that circulates in the family‚ which has then caused herself and her siblings to go starved at times because they didn’t have any money to buy food. The author’s sympathetic attitude towards Mayella extends in chapter 18 when Mayella testifies in court against
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characters that have power. One of those characters is Mayella Ewell. In this paper‚ Mayella Ewell using her class‚ gender‚ and race will prove how and why she has power. She has power because of her gender and race mostly. But he class does play a part in why she has power. In the 1930 there were laws that keep blacks and whites separated. Some of the laws were set to keep black men and white women or the other way around from intermingling. Mayella Ewell is an white young woman that is very poor and is
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Although Robert E. Lee‚ Commanding General of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia‚ was on the losing side of the Civil War‚ people still recognize him as a war hero due to his successful battlefield tactics and maneuvering. Midway through the war‚ Gen. Lee had so much success out-maneuvering Union forces that it seemed as though the Confederates would win. However‚ in July of 1863‚ Union forces defeated the Army of Northern Virginia at the Battle of Gettysburg causing a pivotal moment in
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Bob Ewell is the filthiest‚ most racist‚ ill mannered‚ and hated man in all of Maycomb County. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee‚ he is considered the lowest of the low. He lives in the dirtiest part of town‚ the town garbage dump. Bob lies in court so he can keep a small amount of pride in his family name. He seeks revenge on all who opposes him in the most vicious way possible. Bob Ewell is a radical and cruel man to the people who cross him‚ which is why he is a disgrace
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low class families the Cuninghams and the Ewells are similar in the sense that they are both in financial struggles because of the Great Depression however they differ in the fact that the Ewells lack education‚ a work ethic‚ and class while the Cunninghams are hard workers‚ and go to school whenever they can they are also a very proud family that does not accept handouts while the Ewells get by from welfare. Of course the main similarity between the Ewells and the Cunninghams is the fact that they
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novel. Bob Ewell is a perfect example of the antagonist or villain in the novel the way he has such utter disregard for other human beings. We see the disregard when the Tom Robinson case begins showing the true racial and overall disregard for others. The Ewells are an uneducated family which is looked down upon in Maycomb community. The Ewell children only attend school on the first day to avoid the law. A student in the first grade told the teacher‚ "He’s one of the Ewells‚ ma’am They
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that allows one man to destroy another based solely on skin color. Lee portrays Bob Ewell as an embodiment of racial hatred and lack of moral integrity. The story takes place in a small southern town where prejudice is a way of life. When faced with the possibility of his daughter wanting a black man‚ Ewell beats her out of enmity towards the black race and blames the man for Ewell’s own actions. Bob Ewell suffers no guilt for the lies he spreads due to his abusive behavior‚ unprincipled
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