In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird there is a character named Mayella Ewell and she is powerful. So powerful that she put an innocent man in jail and was responsible for her fathers death. The only reason she did all of this is because she wanted her freedom, freedom from her father, and freedom from her life. She used her class, race, and gender to get what she wanted and she would stop at nothing to get it.
Mayella Ewell is a white woman in the 1930s, woman were not seen as equals in this time period. Woman were not respected in society like they are now so a lot has changed since then.
Being did have its benefits because of the Jim Crow Laws white woman were protected from black men. Black men could not have any relations with white woman and that is what Mayella used to put tom in jail. that why Mayella is so smart she used her time period as a factor to achieve her if she would have done that today Tom would not have gone to jail …show more content…
They could about do anything to a black person and get away with it and it really wasn't fair. Thats another reason Tom went to prison the people of Maycomb were not going to let a black man win in court over a white woman. The people on the jury would become outcast and would never be accepted into society if they did that. So mayella achieved some of her power through her race her being white helped her alot in court. The only downfall mayell had from her gaining power was her class she had less money than . most black people. She was the poorest of the poor and she most of the time ranked below the blacks. If she had come from a rich white family she would have been unstoppable there probably would not have been a trial. Mayella class kind of actually made me feel sorry for her because she was looked down upon by so many people. So Mayella lost some of her power by just being so poor and not being that
Mayella Ewell is a white woman in the 1930s, woman were not seen as equals in this time period. Woman were not respected in society like they are now so a lot has changed since then.
Being did have its benefits because of the Jim Crow Laws white woman were protected from black men. Black men could not have any relations with white woman and that is what Mayella used to put tom in jail. that why Mayella is so smart she used her time period as a factor to achieve her if she would have done that today Tom would not have gone to jail …show more content…
They could about do anything to a black person and get away with it and it really wasn't fair. Thats another reason Tom went to prison the people of Maycomb were not going to let a black man win in court over a white woman. The people on the jury would become outcast and would never be accepted into society if they did that. So mayella achieved some of her power through her race her being white helped her alot in court. The only downfall mayell had from her gaining power was her class she had less money than . most black people. She was the poorest of the poor and she most of the time ranked below the blacks. If she had come from a rich white family she would have been unstoppable there probably would not have been a trial. Mayella class kind of actually made me feel sorry for her because she was looked down upon by so many people. So Mayella lost some of her power by just being so poor and not being that