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Parenting styles how they affect children
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“Let’s see,” he said softly, then he looked at Atticus as if he considered the question childish “Can’t you remember?” Atticus asked Mr. Tate pointed to an invisible person five inches in front of him and said ”Her left. ”.(Lee191-192) Showing that Heck had not remembered or documented the domestic abuse that Mayella had received only knowing the basics of her beating. Heck could not tell the court about where the bruising was without confidence.
The speaker’s grandmother is originally presented in a way that causes the ending to be a surprise, saying, “Her apron flapping in a breeze, her hair mussed, and said, ‘Let me help you’” (21-22). The imagery of the apron blowing in the wind characterizes her as calm, and when she offers to help her grandson, she seems to be caring and helpful. Once she punches the speaker, this description of her changes entirely from one of serenity and care to a sarcastic description with much more meaning than before. The fact that the grandmother handles her grandson’s behavior in this witty, decisive way raises the possibility that this behavior is very common and she has grown accustomed to handling it in a way that she deems to be effective; however, it is clearly an ineffective method, evidenced by the continued behavior that causes her to punish the speaker in this manner in the first place.
“Dad grabbed him by the arm and twisted his body, rolling him on his stomach.” pg. 119 In this quote, the author shows us just how abusive and aggressive Ray really is toward his son. We see Ray also treating Ben’s mother April badly in this quote “Mum’s phone pinged.
Janie had to take on the burden of this abuse almost daily. Verbal abuse was not the only problem though. Jody beat Janie physically several times. Men often beat their wives at this time and this was considered normal in her town. One man in the town talking about a greedy woman even says, “Ah’d break her or kill her.
As a result, this makes their personal belief based off of anger and misery. Bob Ewell’s want for a feeling of power can only be satisfied by belittling anyone he can. The whole Tom Robinson case sprung because Bob Ewell needed to stay above the blacks, so that he could still have what little power he had. If word around the town had been that his daughter seduced a black man, they would be shunned even more than they were. “So if spitting in my face and threatening me saved Mayella Ewell one extra beating, that's something I'll gladly take.
Naael Naqvi Ms. Harding English I - 1st Period 12/4/17 Dishonest Indictment Raised in a toxic environment, Mayella Ewell is faced with numerous challenges such as her father, Bob Ewell, and an absence of self-worth. With this stress upon her, she wrongfully accused Tom Robinson of rape. Throughout the trial of she, it is proven to be evident after all the witness have spoken, that Mayella is more so a victim, than the perpetrator in the novel. It can be proven that Mayella is the victim, as she is placed in a tough situation with many different types of pressure. The most prominent of her issues is that her father coerces her and supposedly abuses her.
In the part two of the book, Tom Robinson, a black man is accused of raping a white woman, Mayella Ewell. The social norm of this time was to respect whites, and treat blacks differing. Therefore, it was a sin for Tom to disrespect Mayella. Atticus Finch, a lawyer and respected white man fought for Tom and bravely tried as his lawyer. On trial, there was evidence that Bob Ewell, Mayella’s father beat, and raped her.
When the family is on the trip, they pass a little black boy with no pants on, and the grandmother says, "little niggers in the country don't have things like we do" (398). This is just one instance where the grandmother shows how judgemental she is. She did not know anything about the boy or his family, but continued to talk bad about people who live in the country. After the wreck and being discovered by the Misfit, the grandmother knows she is in trouble and begins telling the Misfit
Additionally, Bob Ewell’s hatred towards Atticus grew, as the book went on. He got so sick and tired of him and wanted revenge. Atticus explains that, “So if spitting at my face and threatening me saved Mayella Ewell one extra beating, that’s something I’ll gladly take.” Harper Lee describes that Bob Ewell was so full of hatred that he would beat up anyone he disliked. Towards the end of the novel.
One of the most important examples of the abuse is in the vignette What Sally Said, “Until the way Sally tells it, he just went crazy, he just forgot he was her father between the buckle and the belt” (93). In his fits of rage it is as if Sally’s dad does not know who she is and continues to blindly hit her until he has calmed down again. With
I will be showing you all the types of abuse that Mr. Snopes used in the story. Mr. Snopes used many types of abuse. I will first address Physical Abuse and how Mr. Snopes used it toward the family. Mr. Snopes used physical abuse when he “flung her back, …hard into the wall, her hand flung out against the wall for
Because the children did not understand Boo until the end of the story, the way they treated him was based on fear and the stereotypes they learned from the others in the town. Other significant examples of misunderstanding in the book come during the trial of Tom Robinson. After Bob Ewell finds his daughter, Mayella, kissing a black man, Tom Robinson, Mr. Ewell severely beats his daughter and accuses Tom of raping and beating her. Although it is physically impossible for Tom to have attacked Mayella, he is convicted of the crime. In Bob Ewell’s case, he responds to both Mayella and Tom with violence.
(Hansberry pg 47). This shows that Mama does not take Beneatha seriously when
People don’t like Tom because of the color of his skin. Classmates and others were not happy and teasing her because her father defends an African American person. (Lee, 110) Tom is convicted of raping Mayella, Bob Ewell’s daughter. After all the evidence presented, it was clear Tom was being
Ewell never called a doctor to come and check on his daughter that was badly injured. Atticus asked Mr.Ewell, “Did you think she should have had a doctor, immediately?”(Lee pg.175). Harper said ,‘“The witness said he never thought of it… and if he did it would cost him five dollars” (pg.175)’. This evidence shows that Mr. Ewell was afraid to call a doctor because he did not want them to notice he beat her, then tried to defend his answer by saying it would cost him five dollars. Therefore, Mr. Ewell is the one who beat his own daughter because she tempted Tom
