To Kill A Mockingbird Power Quotes
How To Kill A Mockingbird: Mayella’s rise to power The definition of power is to have absolute control of someone or something thing. In a small county called Maycomb there is a trial going against a white girl named Mayella Ewell and a black man named Tom Robinson who is accused of rape. Mayella looks powerless because of her gender and class, but her race actually gives her power. First of all Mayella is poor and when I poor I mean she’s really poor. Here is some evidence of why she is poor. “Maycomb’s Ewells lived behind the town garbage dump in what was once a negro cabin.” This quote in Document A tells us that the Ewells lived in a dump, literally. “White people wouldn’t have anything to do with her because she lived among pigs.” This quote from Scout, in Document E tells us that the Ewells were so poor that
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‘’Except when he’s drinking?’ Ask Atticus so gently that Mayella nodded.” The reason I have shown this is because one out of four women are physically abused when someone is drunk (mainly the men). Here is a quote in Document B. “She says what her papa do to her don’t count.” This indicates that Mayella is also being sexually abused and that she cannot stop her father for doing those disgusting activities. All of these statements has helped my argument on how Mayella is treated because she is a female. Thirdly, we will talk about how Mayella’s race won her the trial. A quote from Document D. “I ain’t ever seen any jury decide favor of a colored man over a white man.” There is a key word here and that word is white. White people were racist in the late 1800’s and the early 1900’s. “Negroes [The Ewell’s nearest neighbors] wouldn’t have anything to do with her because she was white. In the 30’s whites and blacks did not get along with one another or at least the majority did not. The entire juries were white and since Mayella was white they helped her win the
‘’Except when he’s drinking?’ Ask Atticus so gently that Mayella nodded.” The reason I have shown this is because one out of four women are physically abused when someone is drunk (mainly the men). Here is a quote in Document B. “She says what her papa do to her don’t count.” This indicates that Mayella is also being sexually abused and that she cannot stop her father for doing those disgusting activities. All of these statements has helped my argument on how Mayella is treated because she is a female. Thirdly, we will talk about how Mayella’s race won her the trial. A quote from Document D. “I ain’t ever seen any jury decide favor of a colored man over a white man.” There is a key word here and that word is white. White people were racist in the late 1800’s and the early 1900’s. “Negroes [The Ewell’s nearest neighbors] wouldn’t have anything to do with her because she was white. In the 30’s whites and blacks did not get along with one another or at least the majority did not. The entire juries were white and since Mayella was white they helped her win the