What is fear? Fear is what you see when you walk into the courthouse in Maycomb, Alabama in a 1930’s court trial during the Great Depression. Mayella Ewell shakes the town with accusing an African American named Tom Robinson of rape. Mayella has power and that will be shown throughout her life and what people have said and done to her. Mayella’s power is shown by class, race, and gender in Harper Lee’s book To Kill a Mockingbird.
Mayella’s race gives her the most power when it comes to Tom Robinson so called raping her because people will all of a sudden think he did just because he is an African American. Document two D says “... I ain’t ever seen any jury decides in favor of a colored man over a white man ...”. It shows that people in the 1930’s discriminated based on skin color. And as can be seen, since Tom Robinson was a colored man, it would have been hard for him the win a trial case over Mayella Ewell’s father. …show more content…
Document three B says “... Mayella Ewell was beaten savagely by someone who led almost exclusively with his left…” and document two E says “ ‘ you’re a mighty good fellow, it seems- did all this for not one penny?’ ‘ Yes, suh. I felt sorry for her…’ “ . This shows that people knew what was going on when they saw Mayella covered with bruises, including Tom Robinson, but didn't want to get involved so they kept quiet. And as can be seen, since no one wanted to get involved that made Mayella accuse Tom Robinson of rapeing
Mayella’s race gives her the most power when it comes to Tom Robinson so called raping her because people will all of a sudden think he did just because he is an African American. Document two D says “... I ain’t ever seen any jury decides in favor of a colored man over a white man ...”. It shows that people in the 1930’s discriminated based on skin color. And as can be seen, since Tom Robinson was a colored man, it would have been hard for him the win a trial case over Mayella Ewell’s father. …show more content…
Document three B says “... Mayella Ewell was beaten savagely by someone who led almost exclusively with his left…” and document two E says “ ‘ you’re a mighty good fellow, it seems- did all this for not one penny?’ ‘ Yes, suh. I felt sorry for her…’ “ . This shows that people knew what was going on when they saw Mayella covered with bruises, including Tom Robinson, but didn't want to get involved so they kept quiet. And as can be seen, since no one wanted to get involved that made Mayella accuse Tom Robinson of rapeing