To Kill A Mockingbird Domestic Violence Analysis

From the domestic violence of the Ewells, to the racism, the usual disease, of Maycomb, and finally the poverty that seems to affect every other person in, that town plagued with things that are still experienced today, Maycomb. Unlike most cases of domestic violence, which is the abuse of one intimate partner towards the other, Mayella’s case is slightly different. Mayella is the daughter of the abusive “partner” made into an intimate partner without her consent towards that decision. Domestic violence isn’t the only stain on Maycomb’s reputation, we haven’t even gotten to poverty yet. Poverty is a never ending epidemic in Maycomb, every other family is a victim of some form of poverty. The Ewells and the Cunninghams are two prime examples
In To Kill A Mockingbird racism is described as a disease that plagues Maycomb. Racism can be symbolised by not only characters in this book, but by an entire town, Maycomb. Other than Maycomb being a symbol of racism, Tom Robinson is a symbol of racism towards the black community in Maycomb. Tom Robinson was put on trial in Maycomb over a false accusation of rape and was convicted for a crime he did not commit. There was also a moment where a mob hunted down Tom Robinson to potentially kill him. “‘He in there, Mr. Finch?’ a man said. ‘He is,’ we heard Atticus answer… ‘You know what we want,’ another man said. ‘Get aside from the door, Mr. Finch’” (Lee 202). The mob that confronted Atticus at the Maycomb County jail was most likely looking for Tom Robinson, the person referred to as “he”. Atticus is related to the subject of racism, but in the sense that he detests it. “‘For a number of reasons,’ said Atticus. ‘The main one is, if I didn’t I couldn’t I couldn’t hold my head up in town’” (Lee 100). This quote demonstrates how Atticus is dissatisfied with the racism and bias in the town that’s plagued with racism. Atticus wants to change the fact that racism in Maycomb is part of the norm. He took it in his hands to show that the people who point fingers, in this case the Ewells, are part of the problem, and not the black community in
The two links that connect all three themes are Maycomb and the Ewell family.The Ewells have a reputation around town that refers to the poverty that they were forced into that forced out their extremely rude and hostile side. Mr. Ewell beat his daughter, Mayella Ewell, for coming onto a black man because he thought that was an atrocity. Mr. Ewell also blamed Tom Robinson for all the bruises on Mayella’s face, because he knew that between a black man and a white man Maycomb will always side with the white