This is chapter eighteen. It starts out with Mayella Ewell getting called down to the stand. Scout describes Mayella as someone who tries to stay clean. First, Mr.Gilmer questions Mayella. She cries and says she is afraid of Mr.Finch. Then, Mr.Finch questions her. Mayella gets mad that Mr.Finch is calling Miss Mayella and ma'am. Mr.Finch asks her if her father loves her. She says he's tolerable except. Mr.Finch finishes her sentence by saying, "except when he's drinking?" Mr.Finch continues to question her and she gets confused about her testimony. Then, Mr.Finch asks if she was really raped or not. Mayella doesn't answer. Then, she bursts into tears and says if the jury doesn't put Tom in jail, then they're all cowards. Then, they take a ten minute break and the chapter ends.
This is one of my favorite chapter in To Kill A Mockingbird. I love how everything is so fast moving. Mr.Finch is so clever and smart with the way he questions Mayella. I have read the whole book before and I'm rereading. When you look at the end where Tom is dead and Mr.Finch loses the case, it makes me so freaking mad. In this chapter, Mr.Finch defends Tom so well
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