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To Kill A Mockingbird Mayella Powerful Quotes

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I think Mayella is mostly powerful because of her race and here is how.There was quote on page nineteen of the DBQ that said “Now don’t you be so confident, Mr. Jem, I ain’t ever seen any jury decide in favor of a colored man over a white man…” This here showed us that not one single colored man ever beat a case against another man. And since Miss Mayella is a female, Tom is definitely going to have a hard time winning against her. There was another quote on page twenty-one that said, “...Mr. Gilmer smiled grimly at the jury. ‘You’re a mighty good fellow, it seems-- did all this for not one penny?’ ‘Yes, suh. I felt right sorry for her…’ You felt sorry for her, you felt sorry for her?...“DBQ Is Mayella Powerful?” IL, Evanston, 2013.” Back then
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