To Kill A Mockingbird Dialectical Journal

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Original Title. Have you ever thought of a person who you think is what they seem, but they never turn out what they seem? Well I have and in this essay I am going to tell you about a special person in the "To Kill the Mockingbird” of someone who isn't who they seem to be. Mayella Ewell is one of the people who aren't who they seem. In the trial of “To kill the mockingbird”, Mayella Ewell goes into trial for accusing a black man, Tom Robinson, of raping and beating Mayella. Mayella Goes up for questioning in the courtroom, you could tell by her body language that she is faking it all for her father almost as if they played this out before the trial started, Therefore they are trying to pin this and accuse this black man. Considering the fact that we are in the 30s of the 1900s, where racism was a big …show more content…

Mayella is not allowed to admit that she is attracted to a black male and that she is lonely. So she allows Tom Robinson to stay up on trial and be falsely accused of raping and beating her. In chapter 18 they established that Tom Robison testifies that he could have not hit Mayella Ewell on the right side of her face because Tom's left arm was damaged with no muscle usage due to it getting caught in the cotton gin back when he was a little boy. That being said, Tom Robinson could have never hit Mayella on the right side of her face. Second, Bob Ewell is not how he seems to be. In the trial of Tom Robinson, he plays out a whole act and pretends to support Mayella Ewell. Bob claims to say “I seen that black n***** yonder ruttin on my Mayella” According to that phrase Bob says, he is against Black african americans which gives him an excuse to hide what he does to mayella and pinpoint it on Tom. In the trial Mayella gets asked a couple of questions. One of the questions that were asked is “Do you love your father” or “Does your father love you” Mayella responds back “Waddia mean?’’ to both

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