“The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.” (Hannah Arendt). Society affects people in many ways by shaping them to act in ways or get them to do something they normally won’t do. The fictional character Mayella Ewell and the plaintiffs of the Scottsboro Trials Victoria Price and Ruby Bates are influenced in many ways to become not just victims but also accusers. Mayella and Ruby both played victims in their cases due to how society played them up. In society Mayella lives in the trash part next to the black neighborhoods, Mayella is a victim because she is lonely. she stays home and takes care of her 8 siblings which makes her so willing to take advantage of Tom Robinson and bring
