Body Paragraphs - 3 of these in the essay Topic Sentence Introducing material for the evidence ( What is happening in the book from when you got the quote?) Quote from the book with MLA citation( Lee with page number) Explanation of the evidence - what does it mean? Why is it important? Transition sentence ( Don’t need this for the last body paragraph) Bob Ewell abuses his daughter Mayella. Mayella had bruises and marks all over her body because of her father abusing her.Mr. Tate says, “ her arms were bruised, and she showed me her neck. There were definite finger marks on her gullet” (Lee 226). During Mr. Tate’s testimony he explains what was on Mayella at the time of the incident. He describes all the bruises and marks while Atticus is trying to prove a point. Mayella has a black eye on her right eye but Tom Robinson is crippled in his left hand. To prove that Bob Ewell did, he makes him write his name multiple times. Knowing how bad of a person Bob is, he should realize what he is doing and how many people he is hurting. Bob Ewell knows he beats his daughter Mayella just doesn’t want to admit to it because he wants Tom gone. Bob lies about Tom in court. Bob Ewell is asked to tell what happened from his point of view. …show more content…
During this time of the Great Depression people had it rougher than others. Some people in the story are going through bad experiences. Mayella is a character in the story who ends up starting a huge problem with a character named Tom Robinson. During a trial with Tom Robinson, he talks about how Mayella is trying to be friendly with him. He explains how Mayella talks about her father Bob Ewell is always kissing and touching her. While Bob Ewell is in court he tells a whole bunch of lies to blame it on Tom and speaks rudely to him. Bob is a terrible parent because he is dishonest, abusive, and rude to a lot of people throughout the