Tate” (Lee 224). “Why didn’t your screams make them come running?’ No answer. Or didn’t you scream until you saw your father in the window? You didn't think to scream until then, did you?’ No answer” (Lee 250 and 251). “He got it caught in a cotton gin when he was a boy. Tore all the muscles loose from his bones” (Lee 248). “No, I don’t remember if he hit me. I mean yes I do, he hit me” (Lee 248). “About your writing with your left hand, are you ambidextrous, Mr. Ewell?’ ‘I most positively am not. I can use one hand as well as the other” (Lee 238). As you can see, Mr. Ewell is clearly lying about this case. He is guilty of it. Tom only had one arm, so he could not choke Mayella and hit her at the same time, unlike Mr Ewell, who previously said he could use one hand as well as the other. Also, Mayella did not scream until she saw her father in the window, possibly because she did not want her father to see her and Tom together. Members of the jury, the defense, may say that Tom could have hit Mayella with his right arm. But, Mr. Ewell is ambidextrous, so he most likely could choke and punch at the same time. The defense may also say that the reason Mayella didn’t scream until her father came was because she was in