Monday, September 30, 2019

What do you make of Mayella Ewell's testimony? Pay close attention to her physical appearance, speech, and attitude. (Thomas)

Mayella Ewell starts off by answering questions with short straight forward answers. She seemed to be giving her answers quickly and they didn't have any detail. After she started feeling pressured she just started crying. This made the judge feel sorry for her, so she could get the judge on her side. Jem noticed what Mayella was doing as well, so he had said "She's got enough sense to get the judge sorry for her, but she might just-oh, I don't know." Once Aticcus started asking questions Mayella gave short and unclear answers again. She was acting like she couldn't remember what had really happened. Her tone of voice and her answers gave off the sign that she was lying. As Atticus asked more questions Mayella started to act like things were getting more clear to her. She agreed with everything he was saying making it seem like she didn't know what she was talking about and making it seem like she was making everything up. Atticus then asked more serious questions and Mayella started stuttering and she kept repeating the sentence that she was gonna say. It was almost like she was thinking of what to say while saying it. Then Atticus had asked if Bob Ewell had raped her and it took her way to long to answer. She really gave off a feeling she was lying the whole time.

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