Mayella Ewell is willing to destroy everyone's lives in order to get what she wants. She thinks that she has it worse than anyone else and feels sorry for herself. I believe that Mayella is powerful because she has the ability to manipulate people. She is in control of herself, others, and her situation. Mayella uses her race, class, and gender to do so. She is white and in the 1920's and 1930's. that is the dominate race. Even though she is very poor, she uses it to her advantage by making everyone feel sorry for her. Mayella is a female. She cries and makes everyone feel sympathetic for her. Mayella has power and is in control.
What is race? Race is your ethnicity. As I previously stated, Mayella is a white woman. If you were white in the 1920’s and 1930’s, you were supposedly the best of the best. When Tom Robinson goes to court, every single juror was a white male Tom was a black male. The jurors wore nice suits just like Bob Ewell. The jury was not going to convict someone who was so similar to them. This is similar to the evil assumption. The evil assumption is where you or someone else believes that a certain race as a whole is bad and up to no good. Just one person can create the evil …show more content…
These are the three basic social class rankings. Mayella most definitely is in the poor class. Even though she is poor and lives next to the dump, she is able to maintain the beautiful red geraniums. During the trial, Mayella appears to have kept herself clean. I think that this shows that she is in control because she kept herself clean and she kept these flowers alive. Mayella had never been called ma'am until the trial when Atticus called her ma'am. This takes some of her power away because she doesn't handle herself properly when she is called ma'am . Also, another thing that took some of her power away was that no one wanted to associate with her. She did not have any connections with people who could get her out of her situation at
What is race? Race is your ethnicity. As I previously stated, Mayella is a white woman. If you were white in the 1920’s and 1930’s, you were supposedly the best of the best. When Tom Robinson goes to court, every single juror was a white male Tom was a black male. The jurors wore nice suits just like Bob Ewell. The jury was not going to convict someone who was so similar to them. This is similar to the evil assumption. The evil assumption is where you or someone else believes that a certain race as a whole is bad and up to no good. Just one person can create the evil …show more content…
These are the three basic social class rankings. Mayella most definitely is in the poor class. Even though she is poor and lives next to the dump, she is able to maintain the beautiful red geraniums. During the trial, Mayella appears to have kept herself clean. I think that this shows that she is in control because she kept herself clean and she kept these flowers alive. Mayella had never been called ma'am until the trial when Atticus called her ma'am. This takes some of her power away because she doesn't handle herself properly when she is called ma'am . Also, another thing that took some of her power away was that no one wanted to associate with her. She did not have any connections with people who could get her out of her situation at