To Kill a Mockingbird: Chapter 15-19 Study Questions – Flashcards

Tom says-Tom walks past the Ewell house everyday. -Mayella asked him to come in and fix her broken door -He saw that the hinges were working perfectly fine, he wanted to leave -She asked him to get something from ontop of a large dresser, that's when she came on to him. But Mayella says hat she had never gone into the Ewell house and asked Tom to bust up a dresser, that's when Tom supposedly raped her.

-Mayella's father was always drinking -and her siblings were not friendly to her -she didn't go to school -her mother died -and she had no friends all her life Mayella never had someone to call her friend. She had siblings that had nothing to do with her and an abusive father.

-The are different because Mayella tries to keep clean and healthy. She tries to take care fo the house and the kids. Bob, the father, does not care about keeping clean or taking care of the kids. -They are the same because they are both telling lies in court. Neither care that Tom Robinson will be killed if the court finds him guilty of rape. They know Tom did not rape her, but would rather keep their family pride than tell the truth.

-She feels guilty -She wants people to believe her case and feel sorry for her -She might also be crying, because she thinks that if people see her upset, they will stop asking questions and leave her alone.

-Mayella becomes very upset at Atticus' polite ways. -She doesn't liek being called ma'am -She thinks Atticus is making fun of her, but he is really just trying to be nice -This tells us that she was never really respected as a child, she was never treated with politeness and she thinks it's condescending when people actually respect her

Mr. Gilmer does not prove to me that Tom is guilty of raping Mayella - the reader can clearly see that tom's left arm doesn't work, so he couldn't really rape Mayella. -But the jury sees Tom as guilty of raping Mayella, because he can't see past Tom's skin color. If Tom was white, the jury wouldn't be so harsh. He sees Tom as guilty because African Americans were discriminated. Today, most people can analyzed what actually happened instead of judging only on skin color.

to show what hand he writes with. By showing that he writes with his left hand, the jury can see that maybe Bob Ewell hit his daughter, Mayella, and NOT Tom.

Ewell is left handed. Whoever hit Mayella on the night of the rape was also left handed. The brusing on her face, especially on her right eye means that someone was leading with their left hand.