The Trial in TKAM
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- Atticus had Bob Ewell write his name to prove he was left-handed. The jury knew what it meant - the same hand that could have caused the injuries on the right side of Mayella’s face.
- I most positively am not, I can use one hand good as the other.
- Her injuries point to a left-handed attacker. But Tom’s left arm is useless...
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- It became clear through Mayella’s testimony that her life was one of isolation and hardship, and that her father, Bob Ewell, likely abused her. She testified that her father didn’t call a doctor after the assault, and mistook Atticus's politeness as mockery. Mayella's nervousness and contradictory statements made her unreliable.
- He came inside the fence and I asked him to bust up a chiffarobe... and then he grabbed me!
- I don’t hafta take this from you if you’re gon’ keep makin’ fun of me—callin’ me ‘ma’am’ and sayin’ ‘Miss Mayella.
- Your father is left-handed, isn’t he? Could he have caused those injuries, Miss Mayella ? Who really hurt you, Ma'am ? Your father?
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- Tom Robinson admitted he felt sorry for Mayella, showing his genuine kindness. But in a racist courtroom, a Black man pitying a white woman sparked outrage, hardening the jury’s prejudice against him.
- She asked me to come inside and fix the door. I didn’t see nothing wrong with it.But after a bit, she hugged me around the waist. She kissed me. I got scared. I ran as fast as I could.
- He felt sorry for her?! The nerve!
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- Can you sign your name, Mr. Ewell?
- About your writing with your left hand, are you ambidextrous, Mr. Ewell?
- I just felt sorry for her, she seemed to try more’n the rest of ‘em
- YOU, felt sorry, for HER?!A Black man feeling sorry for a white woman?
- Why were you scared?
- If you was a n****r like me, you’d be scared, too.
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