Powerless In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Power is the important thing that everybody wants. Power is the ability to control one’s own life or the life of other. The book “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is the story about power. In the story Mayella Ewell accuses Tom Robinson of raping her. Mayella wins the case against Tom showing how much power she has. But is my Mayella truly powerful? When it comes to class and gender she is powerless but when it comes to race she is powerful. Her race makes her truly powerful.
Class is a group sharing the same economic or social status. Milo was a low class person so I made her powerless in the area. Because she was a low class person she got offended when they called her “ma’am” (Doc C) not knowing that that respect. The lights didn’t

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