Mayella Ewell Research Paper

526 Words2 Pages

Lying a lie is an assertion that is believed to be false. Sometimes to deceive and mislead someone, or sometimes to protect someone. Studies show that at least 1 person lies 2 times or more per day. 21% to avoid others, 20% as humor, 14% to protect one’s self, 13% to impress or appear more favorable, 11% to protect another person, 9% for personal benefit or gain, 5% for the benefit of another person, 2% to hurt another person, 5% unspecified or, explicitly, for no reason at all. Everyone has reasons for lying, but has anyone ever realized lying affects other people too? Lying ends up hurting other people. One can see this when Tom Robinson is accused of raping Mayella Ewell. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, lying is a big part of serious …show more content…

“I hold on to Tate. Her eye was blacked and she was mighty beat up.” This is what Bob Ewell testified about what Tom Robinson did to his daughter. He agrees with what the sheriff says about her bruises and the condition he found her in. “No, I don’t remember if he hit me. I mean yes I do, he hit me.” This is just one of the times Mayella hesitated with her answers, saying she couldn’t recollect if Tom Robinson hit her and hesitated, she contradicted her father and one could tell she was lying. When it’s Tom’s turn to testify, he reveals that he couldn’t even move one of his arms due to an accident, the arm that he would have moved to hit Mayella to match up with the bruise on her eye. It is obvious that the Ewell’s are falsely accusing Tom Robinson. But why? Bob Ewell, it’s obvious it couldn’t have been Tom Robinson, but others don’t believe him because of the color of his skin. Bob Ewell is lying about it and is making his daughter Mayella lie about it too. “Which was a lie, but one must lie under certain circumstances and at all times when one can’t do anything about them”. One must have empathy for Mayella, as her father is forcing her to lie about this

Open Document