Bob and Mayella Ewell: Bob and Mayella Ewell are 2 of the 8 members of the Ewell family. The Ewell's are basically at the bottom of the social ladder in Maycomb. They live by the dump in town which means that they don't have a lot of money. Bob Ewell is a drunk and doesn't treat his children well, like Mayella. Mayella's life isn't the best, she has to take care of her 7 siblings, doesn't have friends and is basically raising her self. Nobody in the family has a good education.
Both Bob and Mayella take Tom Robinson to court for illegally raping Mayella. Us, the audience, knew it was true because the evidence wasn't pointing to Tom because Mayella was got beat on the right side of her face and Tom's left arm was disfigured but he still lost the case because of his race. Racial prejustice was the main reason that Bob and Mayella won this case. In the case, Bob and Mayella had a different story about what happened. According to them, Mayella asked Tom to cut up the chifarobe and she went inside to give him a nickel. As she went inside, he followed her. Then Tom hit her with his left arm and raped her. Bob walked by the window and saw him which led him to run away. |
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For the Ewells I chose "All Star" by Smash Mouth not because of the music but specifically for the music video on Shrek. The way that he lives in a swamp and is in the mud all day justifys the way the Ewells live by the town dump.
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