To Kill A Mockingbird: Atticus And Miss Maudie

Part I of Essay
Mayella Ewell is very much like a mockingbird. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus and Miss Maudie are two of the main adult characters. Both of them explain to Jem and Scout that Mocking birds do no harm, only sing and that it’s a sin to even shoot them ....

Part II of Essay
.... was a man. Mayella didn’t know what extent of legal trouble her actions might offer for Tom, not to mention problems with her father. She didn’t know he’d run and therefore seem to seal the fact that he provoked it. Mayella took care of everything around her. In this way she sang her heart out. Mayella took charge of her siblings. She was like their mother. They might not have had much class, but they were relatively healthy and able thanks to her. She kept a good house (with the help of Tom Robinson it seems). The most touching point is ....