This week we have been reading To Kill a Mockingbird in our ELA class. We have read chapters eighteen through twenty-one. Basically what's going on is that it's Mayella is called up to testify. She looks nervous and I guess she wants the judge to feel bad for her and take her side. Either way they're going to take her side. She said that she asked him to chop up a chiffarobe, and then he jumped her from behind and choked her while she screamed and struggled, and then he raped her. When Atticus starts to ask her questions she says she scared of him and that he's mocking her. She is not used to people calling her "Miss" or "Ma'am." Since she does not understand that Atticus is merely being polite, she assumes that he is using the courteous words sarcastically. Atticus then starts to ask questions about Mayella's life so the jury knows what's going on. We also find out in this chapter that Tom Robinson got his left arm stuck in a cotton gin and tore all his muscles. When it's Tom's turn to testify he is unable to lift his left hand to place it on the Bible. Instead, he must move it onto the book with his right hand. It is obvious that he cannot use his left hand at all. This indicates that it is very unlikely that Tom could have caused the bruises on Mayella's face. Tom's side of the story was When Tom passed by the Ewell house, Mayella called to him, requesting that he fix a door inside the house. He found nothing wrong with the door and prepared to leave. Then, Mayella asked him to get a box down from the top of the chiffarobe. When Tom stood on a chair to reach the box, she startled him by grabbing his legs. She started hugging him and kissing him, demanding that he kiss her back. He told her to let him out of the house but she blocked the door. At that point, Mr. Ewell appeared at the window and started shouting at Mayella. Tom ran out of the house as fast as he could. The other Ewell kids were getting ice cream and it took Mayella a year to save seven nickels The book has been very interesting and breath taking so far.
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