I was trying to figure out what Atticus was doing when he called up my eldest daughter Mayella to the stand, and was asking her questions that really had nothing to do with...nothing. At first there was no sweat I thought Atticus was just running out of things to argue and this was all going to be over soon.
Then Atticus started making me very nervous when he kept asking Mayella was she beaten. Atticus finally got to his point that made me scared, he made a point that Tom Robinson's left arm is useless. Therefore he could not have strangled, held down, and punched the left side of her face. I started to get nervous, but then I thought to my self...this is all white jury, they have never favored in a colored mans side, I have nothing to worry about.
Mayella`s face started to get very red and was filled with lies and guilt, I could tell everyone was starting to notice. At this point all I could think of was how im going to get my revenge on her if she cracked. I think they the tables started to turn and everyone was now starting to think the truth...that I did it.
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16 years ago