Mayella Ewell Discrimination

In a small town called Maycomb, Alabama, a man and a women are put on trial for rape. A young Caucasian young lady accused a wealthy african-american man of raping her and abusing her in her home. While reading the book “To Kill a Mockingbird”, the author, Harper Lee shows the power that the nineteen year old Caucasian young lady named Mayella Ewell has using three things: Class, Race, and Gender. A Caucasian nineteen year old young lady named Mayella Ewell grew up in a small town called Maycomb, Alabama. She grew up in the same home as a very abusive father named Bob Ewell who would always abuse and hurt her in many different ways. They lived in a broken down cabin in the middle of the woods behind a dump site. They were not wealthy so they could only afford the broken down cabin in the middle of the woods behind a dump site. People always say be grateful for the things you have because some people have it worse than you. One day, she asked an african-american man named Tom Robinson if he would help her with some chores because her father would not help her with them. She asked …show more content…
Most people do not trust other skinned people. “‘... I ain’t ever seen any jury decide in favor of a colored man over a white man…’” [“DBQ: Is Mayella Powerful?” IL, Edison, 2013.] This is when an african-american man is talking to Scout’s brother Jem at the trial. Since Tom Robinson is an African-American man he is not trusted as much as Mayella Ewell a Caucasian young lady. In Mayella’s case she does not judge people by the color of their skin or whether they are smart or not smart, she only judges people by their personality and if they are nice because she thinks that if she hangs out with bad influences then she will turn out to be the same way and she does not want that to