How does mayella feel about her father

Ewell is agressive and is the most domanant, whereas Mayella just wants attention for compagnionship. Ewell stated that he had saw Tom beating at his daughter and he had ended up chasing him away. This helps Tom Robinson's case because Atticus has found a flaw in Mr. Ewell and Mayella's story. This flaw could bring the case to an ending. Question 3 Mayella incriminates her father on the witness stand by a few reasons: -She had said that Tom had left her lying on the ground and after Bob Ewell had found her he asked her who did it.

Meanwhile her father had said that he had seen Tom raping her. These reasons incriminate Bob Ewell because in some cases, there are parts that don't relate. She is acting as if Atticus is makeing fun of her and that he is mocking her. When ever Atticus asks her a hard question which she will lie about, she will cry and whine to the judge.

She is not a well educated girl and cannot speak good as well. Her view is only one sided only what her father said. She is not telling the truth. I think that she is lying about everything but she does not want to admit it because she is afraid that her dad may go to jail and also that she may go to.

They are diffrent because Mayella never seems to be sure and Mr. Ewell thinks he is always right. Also, he is a filthy man that drinks and Mayella can take care of herself better. Also when Atticus asks Mayella if her father has ever beaten her, Mayella hesitates before answering. This helps Tom's case because Mayella's and Bob's stories dont match. Your fancy airs don't come to nothin'—your ma'amin' and Miss Mayellerin' don't come to nothin', Mr.

Finch-" Then she burst into real tears. Mayella's comment suggests that for men to be big brave heroes, they have to believe that women are helpless timid victims in need of protection or avenging. When Mayella accuses a black man, she's able to access the privileges of white Southern womanhood—namely, the chivalrous protection of men, no questions asked. If she had told Heck Tate that it was her father who beat her up and raped her, apparently—"what her daddy did didn't count" , would she be in court testifying against him?

Well, maybe, but there certainly wouldn't be the huge audience that turns out to see Tom convicted. So why doesn't Mayella tell the truth about what happened? Well, she's probably afraid of her father. And she probably has another reason: guilt at doing an "unspeakable" thing, "kiss[ing] a black man" But in this case she was no child hiding stolen contraband: she struck out at her victim—of necessity she must put him away from her—he must be removed from her presence, from this world.

She must destroy the evidence of her offense. What was the evidence of her offense? Tom Robinson, a human being. Atticus's version of her character seems reasonable based on what we've seen first-hand of her testimony in court though of course, everything is filtered through Scout's perspective; see " Narrator Point of View " for more on this.

And if we agree, then we can say Mayella is dealing with her own self-hatred for having a desire that society tells her is wrong. When the trial takes place, Mayella does the only thing she knows to do, she does what her father tells her to do.

The relationship between Mayella and her father is an abusive one. He beats her and makes her do all the work around the house.

Although she doesnt like what her dad does to her she puts up with it because she has nowhere else to go. Nobody in the town talks to the Ewell family because they are poor and uneducated. Mayella is different from her father in the fact that she attempts to rise above her situation by remaining clean and trying to bring beauty to her home with the flowers. She is similar to him in that she lies on the stand and attempts to manipulate the jury.

Along with this, Tom had ran before seeing Mr. Ewell, according to Mayella, yet to Bob, he saw everything.