To Kill A Mockingbird Quote Analysis

a person who lacks the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things. To Kill a MockingBird is written by Harper Lee. In To Kill a MockingBird Mayella Ewell shows the most cowardness. She is a coward because she Lies about what actually happened, She tries to guilt Atticus by crying on the podium and she avoids responsibility for what she caused.

Mayella frames an innocent black man because she is afraid of her father. In this quote Atticus explains how Bob Ewell beats his children. This takes place right after Bob spits in Atticus’ face " So if spitting in my face and threatening me saved Mayella Ewell one extra beating, that’s something I’ll gladly take.” As one can see, Bob beats his children. Therefore, it can be inferred that Mayella is scared of him and that is why she lied like a coward. Furthermore, now that it has been shown that Mayella is afraid of her father, in this quote Judge Taylor is trying to get Mayella to speak the truth about who she is scared of because she is crying on the podium. “What are you scared of?Mayella said something behind her hands. What

During the trial Atticus bombards her with questions. “Just tell us what happened.You can do that, can’t you? Mayella stared at him and burst into tears.(240)” Mayella is a coward because she doesn’t have the courage to speak the truth. Additionally, She can’t manage all the stress so she Bawls her eyes out. Also, Mayella attempts to shame Atticus. During the trial Atticus is being very respectful to Mayella by calling her “Ma'am” and “Miss Mayella”.Mayella feels threatened by those names so she tries to divert the attention to Atticus. “Won’t answer a word you say long as you keep mockin’ me,” she said. Mayella clearly is showing that she doesn’t have the courage to endure what she thinks is name calling. As she says before she is 19 and is acting like a child. Because of this, Mayella is a