To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 16 Analysis

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In chapter seventeen in To Kill a Mockingbird, is accused of raping a women named Mayella. As I listen to Mr. Ewells and Atticus pestering each other, my ears start to hurt. Mr. Ewell is making statement that are not true. He is saying that I punched Mayella on her right eye. If I would have punched her in right eye I would have to have used my left hand. My left arm is a full six inches shorter than my right. It was caught in a cotton gin when I was a young kid. I have been off balance my entire life. As I sat there listening to Mr. Ewells, I started to become more and more scared that I was going to be put in jail. As soon as Atticus started asking questions that had nothing to do with my case I was very nervous.

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