In the small and quiet town of Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930’s , tention rises when a white woman named Mayella Ewell Claims Tom Robinson, An African-American man who walks past her house every day raped and abused her. Mayella Ewell has been very poor, Rarely left home, Had no friends and was a woman so she did not have as many rights as a man, but still had more rights than a black person.Mayella’s father (Bob) was an alcoholic and abused and molested her when he was drunk, Tom was called into Mayella’s house to help her but when he got in her house she started kissing on him then Bob seen them and he was outraged. Bob told Mayella she was gonna say that Tom forced her into it and blame everything on him. She had the upper hand in court because
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C: “Ma’am” vs. “boy”).”Get back to your dump” said someone in the courtroom to Bob after the jury made their decision because Bob lives behind the dump (Document A: “Get back to your dump”). Is Mayella powerful when it comes to class? If not,then what is she powerful in? The factor of race is one way Mayella is very powerful because she is white and at this time period white people had way more rights than colored people. Mr, Gilmer said “Are you being impudent to me, boy?” which back then was meant to make you feel less than (Document C: “Ma’am vs, boy”). Reverend Skykes told Jem to not get his hopes up because he has never seen a jury vote in favor of a colored man (Document E: The “Evil Assumption”). Mayella’s neighbors would never talk to her just because she is white (Document E:” Lonliest Person in The World”).
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To Kill a Mockingbird. Philadelphia, PA, J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1960.
DBQ Class, Race, and Gender in "To Kill A Mockingbird. The DBQ Project, 2013.
(Lee 1960 15)
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” (Lee 1960 Chapter
C: “Ma’am” vs. “boy”).”Get back to your dump” said someone in the courtroom to Bob after the jury made their decision because Bob lives behind the dump (Document A: “Get back to your dump”). Is Mayella powerful when it comes to class? If not,then what is she powerful in? The factor of race is one way Mayella is very powerful because she is white and at this time period white people had way more rights than colored people. Mr, Gilmer said “Are you being impudent to me, boy?” which back then was meant to make you feel less than (Document C: “Ma’am vs, boy”). Reverend Skykes told Jem to not get his hopes up because he has never seen a jury vote in favor of a colored man (Document E: The “Evil Assumption”). Mayella’s neighbors would never talk to her just because she is white (Document E:” Lonliest Person in The World”).
Is Mayella Powerful when it comes to …show more content…
To Kill a Mockingbird. Philadelphia, PA, J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1960.
DBQ Class, Race, and Gender in "To Kill A Mockingbird. The DBQ Project, 2013.
(Lee 1960 15)
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” (Lee 1960 Chapter