Mayella is called to the stand again today. Her story is that she told Tom to come into her house and offered him a nickel to help her out with something. She said once he got into the house he took advantage of her and didn't know what to do. She said she was helpless and scared. We later figure out that her siblings aren't helpful and she has a drunken father. I don't know how much I believe her side of the story. It still doesn't seem right. This is a picture of Mayella.
Atticus begins to ask her various questions. He asked her questions such as why didn't her screams bring other people running to help her and how she got bruises on the right side of her face when Tom was cripple with his left hand. His hand was ruined by a cotton gin when he was younger. Atticus tells the court that Tom didn't rape her, but that her father beat her. This is Mayella's father Bob Ewell.
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