Race, class, and gender can determine how powerful people are. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Mayella Ewell is a white girl who said she was raped and lives in a dirty place. Mayella is not treated well: “ Tom Robinson was probably the only person who was ever decent to her” (“The loneliest Person in the World”). Race, class, and gender determine how powerful she is. Mayella is not powerful, because of her being in a low class, she is a girl, and even though she is white, not many white people want to be around her.
Mayella is not powerful do to her low class. The document states, “ Maycomb's Ewells lived behind the town garbage dump” (“Get Back to Your Dump”). Since, Mayella is in a low class her family lives in a dirty place. The document states, “Mayella…show more content… Mayella is white, but people do not want to be around her. The document states, ” I says I was scared, suh” ( “The ‘Evil’ Assumption”). Do to Tom Robinson being black he was scared of Mayella and the repercussions after she kissed him. This seems to give her power over Tom however, it is obvious that Mayella does not have power, because neither race will associate with her: “White people wouldn't have anything to do with her, because she lived among pigs; Negros wouldn't have anything to do with her, because she was white” (“The Loneliest Person in the World”). Since, Tom said that Mayella kissed him and not many white people will want to be around her for doing that. Her race seems to make her powerful, but in the end she has no power, because neither race accepts her.
Mayella Ewell is not powerful because of class, gender, and race. She is in a low class which people look down upon. She is a girl and is limited to her power in the world. Mayella's race makes her powerful, but in the end people do not want to be around her still. Class, gender, and race determine power in the
