I will be interviewing Mayella Ewell about the trial about Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson was a African american who was accused of raping Mayella Ewell. Mayella Ewell said that Tom Robinson snuck up behind and he hit her and hit her repetedly‚ her pa was out in back and he didn’t hear anything untill she was thrown on the ground. She said that he hit her with her left hand‚ so Atticus Finch then interviewed Mr.Ewell. Atticous asked Mr.Ewell to write his name on a piece of paper‚ he did. Atticus proved
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by jail guards. The people who are responsible for Tom Robinson’s death are Mayella Ewell‚ Bob
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novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Mayella Ewell appears to be evil but people argue whether she is really an evil character or she is just a character who has no choice but to do evil things. Although Mayella is not present throughout the entire novel‚ the majority of her personality and life is revealed to the reader in the courtroom where she condemns a good-natured‚ innocent black man to his death. Tom Robinson is accused of raping and beating Miss Ewell because Mayella does not have the courage to
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Mockingbird Even though it appeared as though Mayella was guilty‚ the sympathy felt for her‚ caused some to believe she was innocent. During the Tom Robinson case‚ it was very evident that Mayella was lying‚ which made the audience believe she was guilty. Atticus questioned her‚ “’ Did you scream first at your father instead of at Tom Robinson? Was that it?’ No answer. ‘Who beat you up?‚ Tom Robinson or your father?’ No answer” (251). During this time of the trial Mayella realized that she had been caught as
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Robinson is not guily of raping Mayella Ewell. Firstly‚ it is evident that Mayella Ewell knows Atticus will break her. She knows hes a good lawyer and that is why she is so emotional at the start of the court session. Luckily for her though‚ she makes it through her testimony without breaking but its clear to see shes very nervous and on edge. Secondly‚ Tom is very calm and quick to answer every question in a very polite manner. His testimony is the complete opposite of Mayellas‚ but it plain to see Tom
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the court case‚ Ewell v. Robinson‚ examines the accusation of rape by Tom Robinson‚ an African-American male. According to Tom Robinson‚ he walked by Mayella Ewell’s house every day and she always asked him to help her. Tom claimed that in the spring Mayell a asked him to chop up the chiffarobe contrary to Mayella and Bob’s testimony. Mayella asked Tom to come
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treated unfairly whether it is or is not intentional. In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee‚ the character Tom Robinson was a hardworking crippled Black man living in 1930’s America. He was convicted for raping a White young woman named Mayella Ewell. Throughout the course of the book‚ Robinson was consistently victimized by the citizens of his predominantly White town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Tommy Lee Hines is a 26-year-old mentally retarded citizen of Decatur‚ Alabama living in America in 1978
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To Kill a Mockingbird Study guide answers Chapters 1-3 1. Atticus Finch is a lawyer and the father of Jean Louise (Scout) and Jem Finch. Scout Finch is the narrator of the story. Jem is the brother of Jean Louise. Maycomb is the city and county where the story takes place. Calpurnia is the maid and nanny of the Finch kids. Dill is the kid that comes to Maycomb every summer and plays with the Finches. The Radley place it the house where the Radleys live. Stephanie Crawford knows everything about
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believes courage to be in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. Many characters show they have courage in the novel such as Jem‚ Atticus‚ and Tom Robinson. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in the 1930s where uncourageous white people‚ such as Mayella and Bob Ewell‚ take advantage of their superiority over the black people. When someone mistakenly thought that they were courageous in the novel‚ their misery increased. Courageous people are brave enough to put others before themselves and only fear what
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Gilmer then proceeds to ask Mr. Ewell if he can write with both of his hands‚ making it seem as if it’s no big deal that he’s wrote with his left hand. When atticus asked Mr. Ewell to write his name‚ he wrote his name with his left hand . Mayella was hit on the right side of her face which mean she was most likely hit in the face by a left handed person. The jury can see the evidence pointing
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