Examples Of Mayella In Chapter 19 To Kill A Mockingbird '

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In chapter 19, Tom Robinson gets his chance to speak. Tom tells his side of the story. He says that he had been called by Mayella to help her fix a chiffarobe. Mayella had asked him to help her fix things other times before and he does because he feels sorry for her. According to Tom, while he is helping, Mayella had grabbed him and kissed him, and when asked if he resisted, Tom says: “Mr. Finch, I tried, I tried to ‘thout bein’ ugly to her. I didn’t wanta be ugly. I didn’t wanta push her or nothing.” Scout then goes on to talk about how this shows that Tom has good manners like Atticus, in his own way. I agree with this because this quote shows that all he wanted to do was help Mayella out and wasn’t violent towards her even after she kissed