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Examples Of Mayella Evil In To Kill A Mockingbird '

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Stefan Armour Ms.LaVoie 2/26/23 English 9 Hrns Mayella was evil because she knew right from wrong and she still had a choice about her decisions. First,Mayella choose to kiss Tom Robinson no-one forced her.“Kiss Me Back Nigger”,This quote explans how Mayella was evil because she knew the consequences of doing anything with Tom Robinson in the segregated town of Maycomb.Mayella had a choice weather or not to call Tom inside the house to “bust down the chifferobe”.She also let her desires cloud her thinking which in the end resulted in her breaking the moral code.In result of mayella breaking the code she also ended up ruining a innocent life.This evidence supports my thesis because Mayella knew this want the right thing to do and she did it anyways which makes her evil. …show more content…

I mean yes I do, he hit me.”,This evidence supports my thesis because not only did Mayella accuse Tom of rape to save her and her fathers skin.Mayella then goes on to lie in court with her hand already touching the bible.Mayella knows that with her accusing Tom Robinson will not only ruin his life but will also affect those around him like Tom’s wife and kids.There could of been many differnet outcomes of Mayella’s choice at that moment but she lied in court which was the worst one.This connets to my thesis because Mayella knew that by lying on Tom she would jeopardize his innocence and that makes her a evil person for doing wrong knowing there would be

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