To Kill A Mockingbird Dbq Analysis

Mayella must have been crestfallen most of her life because she never had any friends and never had a social life. But Mayella “looked as if she tried to keep clean” this includes keeping herself clean and her belongings like her little section in the garden. (Doc A) Since her father spends all his paychecks on liquor and never takes care of his children and house Mayella must try and keep clean by herself. This is sad to see because Mayella is restricted by what she can do because of her father's irresponsible spending habits that keep them in a low class and abusive household. This is why Mayella's class makes her less powerful outside of court and in Maycomb’s

Although Mayella is powerless when it comes to Class, and Gender, her Race ultimately, makes her powerful. Although, Mayella is not powerful in this story. “Maycomb’s Ewells lived behind the town garbage dump in what was once a Negro cabin…”(Doc A)

Mayella can over take the court case that she is in just because she a white

Mayella is not a sympathetic character because she lied under oath, “tempts” a married black man, and was the reason Tom died. During the trial Atticus asks Mayella if her dad ever has beaten her, or abused her in anyway.

Power comes into play very much in this situation. But does Mayella really have power? Some categories that her power is put into class, race, and gender. For instance, in everyday life we use class as a way of judgement. There are the richer ones, the middle class, and the poor, dirty, scums.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee takes place in fictional Maycomb, Alabama during the 1930s where racism is common and socially acceptable. Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, the young protagonist, tries to understand the complex lives of the people living in her town throughout the book. Additionally, she attempts to get Arthur “Boo” Radley, a reclusive man in their neighborhood, to go outside with Jeremy Atticus “Jem”, her older brother, and Charles Baker “Dill” Harris, their friend who visits during the summer. At one point, Atticus Finch, a lawyer and their father, has to defend an African-American man, Tom Robinson, who is falsely accused of raping Mayella Ewell, the daughter of Bob Ewell and a lower class white woman. During the trial, Scout

She understands she must say what is needed in order to sway the jury in her favor, even if that means lying under oath. By her own volition Mayella averts the attention from her fallacious testimony, and onto Tom Robinson, a black man. By doing this, Mayella is unknowingly signing Tom’s death sentence. In any other situation, it’s man’s word against a woman's, in this case it’s a black man against a white women.

“she seemed somehow fragile-looking, but when she sat facing us in the witness chair she became what she was, a thick-bodied girl accustomed to strenuous labor”. Mayella is looking fragile for what she has been to. She is trying to get the audience to think she is fragile, but she is no easy to handle the girl. She has been through a lot and nobody in her house helps her with the hard work around. She needs someone to help her and Tom Robinson tried to because he felt sorry for her.

Mayella takes care of all the seven younger siblings. She feeds them and makes sure their safe but she can not do much because her father does not get enough money from his

The comparison implies that Mayella is trying to bring some beauty and order into her life, despite the fact that she lives in poverty and chaos. The

Someone who is abused can not be in control. Control is power, and power is something you have to earn. Mayella is trying to earn power but in the wrong way. She also does not have an education, which is also one way to gain power. Mayella is also a lower class lady, which takes away from her having power.

The court case, how she lives, and her gender all influence the way she is perceived. Mayella Ewell is perceived as powerless due to her class and gender, however, she is seen as powerful due to her race. Mayella Ewell is powerless because of her class. In Document A, “Get Back to Your Dump”, chapter 17 states, “Maycomb Ewells lived behind the town

Is Mayella Ewell powerful or not? Mayella Ewell, the poorest girl in the town of Maycomb, Alabama, living on a pig farm with her abusive father and in an abandoned Negro shack. The Ewell’s are the lowest of the low in the town of Maycomb, in rank wise and are not respected too much either. Bob Ewell, father of Mayella Ewell is an abusive man, sexually and physically and has an alcoholic problem. Mayella is usually beaten and sexually assaulted by him, especially when he is drinking, but Mayella has a plan that will let her be free from Bob.

In the story To Kill a Mockingbird, class, gender, and race determines power. Being set in a racist, backwater town, where the whites and blacks are separated, these are what factors must be looked at when determining the power of Mayella Ewell. Mayella Ewell has power, although it may not always be easy to at first glance, she does have power despite her disadvantages. Mayella is poor, white and a woman, but nothing about those facts makes her any less powerful, even being poor, she still gets treated like a lady. A way of showing this is during the trial, Atticus refers to Mayella as “Ma’am”, where as Tom Robinson is called, “boy” by his cross examiner(DBQ Mayella 17), in this case being a woman gives her some power.

Her desires were stronger than the code she was breaking. When she tried to put the evidence of her offense away, instead of being honest, she had put a man’s life in danger. However, Mayella is not a criminal. She is simply a woman who carries a heavy burden with no one to support or respect her. Mayella is a victim of abuse and