To Kill A Mockingbird Mayella Character Analysis

The supporter she has is her father Bob Ewell. Her family lives behind the dumpster in an old African American home and they are not as fortunate as others. Mayella’s home life is terrible, she lives in a small house full of children, the family does not have very good hygeine, very poor and soon the courthouse and the town of Maycomb finds out she is being abused by her father. She is not very happy with her home life and there is very little hope that it will get fixed. The only piece of hope she has is her beautiful red geraniums that sits in front of the Ewell house. Many people compliment them, it also reminds them of Mayella, beautiful but trapped. When they upset the courtroom, a member from the jury tells them to “ get back to your