Class, Gender, And Race

In the small town of Maycomb, Alabama lives Miss Mayella Ewell. She is a smart but helpless teen that accuses Tom Robinson of rape to escape from her father's abuse. In “To Kill A Mockingbird”, Mayella is powerful, as defined by class, race, and gender. All though in many circumstances, Mayella's class and gender make her less powerful than most, her race makes her more powerful than substantially all negroes.

Is Mayella ewell powerful?That is the question that is asked and must be answered.Throughout the story” To kill a mockingbird” Mayella shows some glimpses of power but not enough to say she is powerful.For example in the beginning she shows that she can not even control her home life so how can she be powerful.Also she shows that she is just too poor for her to have power.Now in the next three paragraphs I will explain my thinking on why I believe Mayella is not powerful.

When registering for classes for the Spring semester I looked at the required courses that I had to take based on my major. I then came across one of them which was Social Issues. The title intrigued me, so I decided to fit it into my schedule. I felt that the course would be interesting and be an enjoyable class to take. I had an idea of what the course would be about, but when I walked into the first class I was surprised how much the course would actually be covering in terms of race, class, and gender.

Through the history of empires and populations, power has controlled most things on Earth. Many people have gained power through their gender, social class, and race. Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird exploits many ways that one gains power. Mayella Ewell struggles to obtain power since she is known as the poor girl in the small city of Maycomb, Alabama. Mayella does not have power through her gender or low social class; however, she has power in regards to her race since the novel is set in Alabama in 1933-1935 where segregation was a serious issue between blacks and whites.

Mayella’s Power Power is everywhere in our lives. If one examines one’s actions and motives, one would most likely find that the cause was acquiring power. This continual quest for power is seen in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird. To Kill A Mockingbird takes place in Alabama during the 1930s. It follows a young child, Scout, and the story of Tom Robinson, a young,

A widely debated topic sparked from the novel is whether or not Mayella Ewell has power based on her race, gender, and class. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Mayella does not have power based on class; however, she does have power based on race and gender, which ultimately makes her powerful.

Is Mayella Powerful? One of the defining characteristics of a society is what defines an individual’s power. Whether it is defined by race, gender, or social class, the possession of power, or lack thereof has a tremendous effect on people’s lives. Harper Lee explores what defines power and how the possession or lack of power affects people’s lives in her book To Kill A Mockingbird.

Mayella Ewell from To Kill a Mockingbird has power associated with and drawn from gender, class, and race. The least amount comes from the genders presented in the trial. Mayella gets more power from her social class because of her perfect red geraniums. People in the courtroom can also see that, compared to the rest of the Ewells, she is clean, so that sets her apart from the rest of her family. Most of Mayella’s power comes from her race. In a white dominated society, people will always believe the word of a victimized white woman over that of an offending African-American man.

Mayella is not very powerful in the book To Kill a Mockingbird. She is the lowest of the low in her class. She is a female that doesn't get any respect from anyone in her community, including her father. Only in one way is Mayella powerful, she is white going against an African -American in her court case. Mayella has a very small amount of power in the book, only in the fact that she is a white person against an African -American in her court case against Tom Robinson.

In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, the character Mayella Ewell, portrays an interesting model of power. Mayella is not powerful in terms of class,gender, or race. Mayella’s family exists at the very bottom of the white social hierarchy. Her power is extremely limited.

With this intention of showing how much power Mayella had in the story To Kill A Mockingbird from class, gender, race. It seemed that she would have more power but factors brought it down. Her class and gender were the things that weakened her power over all

At first, while reading To Kill a Mockingbird, I would have gladly said that Mayella Ewell had great power. When I had gone into more depth of her life outside of the courtroom, I had changed my mind. During certain parts of the novel, her power fluctuated. Her life had always been hard on her. Her power is based on her, gender, social class, and skin color. To me, she is the least powerful person in the book and the following paragraphs will provide my reasons.

Atticus stated Mayella had been a victim of society throughout this trial, as stated by Atticus, “[LTR]” (### ch.##). Atticus clearly states that she has been victimized by everyone as the only rule she broke was the unspoken rule of lusting for a coloured man while she was white. This is Atticus’ way of showing the criminally unjust rules the society has created and enforced with brutal and ruthless efficiency. The realization of this by Atticus shows his understanding of the world through his human compassion. Atticus also thought, “I wonder if anybody had ever called her ‘Ma’am’, or ‘Miss Mayella’ in her life; probably not, as she took offense to routine courtesy” (Lee 207). Atticus is thinking to himself that Mayella has had one of the worst lives possible whilst being a white female. He is leading himself onto the conclusion that Mayella is bringing this to trial, not because she felt he violated her, but because society would

Fundamentally, gender, racism and class are three controversial social issues that have for a long period triggered heated debate in the American society. In essence, this issues concern the daily lives of American citizen and immigrants disregarding their class, social status, educational level or the position they hold in the society. Therefore, it is imperative that these issues are analyzed comprehensively in order to take an informed stand about the impact they have to the society. This paper, seeks to critically examine how gender, racism and class are addressed in the two movies “Bread and Roses “and ”Hammering it”.

Sociology is the study of diverse subjects in a society which includes: religion, race culture, and social classes. It also involves the study of the behavior of people and all the changes that happen in society. In each social setting, there are shared beliefs which also change through time. Sociology informs us of the making of policies which tend to improve the lives of people in a setting. It provides distinct perspectives to generate new ideas and modify the old ones. The sociological research uses different techniques to provide evidence of any aspect of social life. Qualitative data such as ethnography and archival works as well as quantitative data like statistical modeling of