f how their family values support equality. However, they are also wanting to watch their father handle the case, knowing full well that he would disapprove of their presence if he knew they were inside the courtroom.Pages 166 - 189Mr. Tate relates his story on the night of November twenty first, Mr. Ewell had rushed into his office saying that his daughter has been raped by a nigger. When they reach his house, he had found the girl on the floor, badly beaten up. She had said that the nigger was Tom Robinson. Then Atticus questions Mr. Tate as to whether a doctor had been called, but the reply is in the negative. Then the bruises are discussed. Her right eye had been bruised and marks around her neck could also be noticed. Bob Ewell is called next on the witness stand. Ewell claims that when going home, he had caught Tom in the act of raping his daughter. Atticus questioned him about the bruises, then makes him sign on an envelope, so people could notice that he is left-handed. A description of the lifestyle of the Ewells is given, which gives one a fair idea of the shabby and poor life they lead. Ewell comes across as a risky person, with no respect for others and mean mannered. Jem realizes that the reason Atticus had paraded Ewells left-handedness, is to verify that he could have beaten his daughter, as her bruises are mostly on the right side of her face. Mayella, Bobs daughter is called to the witness stand. She gives her side of the story, saying that Tom had forcefully entered the house, and had taken advantage of her, hitting her all the time while. When Atticus rises to question her, Mayella is frightened. Through his questions, it is revealed that the family is very poor, the father spends most of the relief money on drinks, and that she is a very lonely girl. On cross-examining her further, as to whether it had really been Tom or her father who had beaten her up, Mayella at first remains silent in terror and then bursts int...
