Essay On Mayella's Relationship In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Tom visits the Ewell’s house because on stated on page 255 “One evening Mayella asked Tom to come inside the fence and bust up a chiffarobe for her”

2. Scout thinks that Mayella Ewell was the loneliness person in the world because she is a mixed child which means that she is both African American and white blood and the African American people wouldn’t want anything to do with her and the white people wouldn’t want anything to do with her.

3. What was the relationship between Mayella and her father? Mayella and her father have a horrible relationship because her father abused Mayella and they fight often.

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