Gender Roles

Gender Roles

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Unfair Trial

During the trial of Tom Robinson its clear to any read that the whole thing is dominated by white men like most the world at that time. Tom Rob, a black man, is being accused of raping Mayella Ewell by her and her father, two white people, which is a clear lie to any reader. The father, Bob, is covering up for himself and his disgusting acts of raping and beating his own daughter. Mayella is a young girl who is seriously messed up at the hand of her gross dad. But of course how was she supposed to change anything because after all, she's just a girl. The life she lives is one of loneliness and sadness but obviously she still has the ability to shout "Hey, I was totally kidding. This kind innocent man didn't rape me my crazy father did."
When asked if he was the father of Mayella Ewell in court, that crazy father chooses to show how much he loves his daughter by responding "Well, if I ain't I can't do much about it now, her mother's dead."
He says this as if it is just such a burden to have her around. She cooks and cleans and respects him while he harshly abuses her but no of course she is useless in the eyes of this old sleezy drunk.
This is almost similar to how Aunt Alexandra treats Scout. She is a seriously smart girl but no one appreciates her for who she is because women are simply seen as less.

1 comment:

  1. It sure was an unfair trial! And you are right white men did rule the courtroom and they made the worst mistake. I know right Bob Ewell is absolutelly crazy for showing love that way to his daughter which makes me wonder... Is he all that loving?

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