To Kill A Mockingbird Is Mayella Powerless

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To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Maycomb County, an imaginary district in southern Alabama. Maycomb was an old southern town where the streets are not paved and the courthouse was described as sagging in the square. The time was in the 1930’s during The Great Depression, many people were poor and did not have much education. The Ewell family fit this description perfectly, Mayella Ewell struggled with having power in the small town of Maycomb. Is Mayella powerful? Mayella is considered weak in the novel, because of her race, class, and gender. This paper will explain how Mayella is considered “powerless” on many occasions.
Mayella, the daughter of Bob Ewell, had lost her mother when she was little so she had to become the mother figure

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