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Mayella Ewell In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Mayella Ewell, is a caring and nurturing white girl growing up in the 1930s. She lives in Maycomb, Alabama. Which is a racist community. However Mayella is not seen as much better because she is very poor. So she tries to get power in the only way she knows how. “ He thought he’d be a hero, but all he got for his pain was… okay, we’ll convict this negro but get back to your dump.” (Chapter 27) Even though Bob Ewell won the case and they convicted Tom they still did not want anything to do with him. Bob thought putting Tom away would get the people of Maycomb to respect him and want him around. When the trials was over they told him to get back to his “ dump”. Showing they did not want him around and nothing has changed. “Except when he’s
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