MAYELLA IS OSTRACIZED FROM WHITE AND BLACK SOCIETY

          Ostracized from both Whites and Blacks, Mayella lives a lonely and miserable life. Isolated from Black and White Society, Mayella is forced to associate with Thomas Robinson, a “nigger.” Expected to finish all the chores without the support of her siblings, Mayella encounters difficulties. Living in an “abandoned” Negro cabin, Mayella faces the challenge of raising the “seb’m children at age nineteen. Without the support of her father however, she involuntarily keeps the house “tollable” enough to exist in. Though with no one around to help in tasks requiring heavy tasks, she dejectedly turns to Tom for help. In addition, Mayella is cut off from Black society due to Jim Crow Laws which restricts Black people from involving themselves with White society. Despite the fact the Ewells are “white folks,” they are considered as low as Black people and known as “white trash,” therefore White society despises association with them. Lacking association with someone besides her family members, Mayella seizes the opportunity when she sees Tom Robinson come along by her house frequently. Unable to resist, Mayella uses his help to finish the pending chores around the house. Lacking the support of her father, Mayella doesn’t have anyone to associate with, thereby forcing her into Tom Robinson. Jim Crow Laws segregate Blacks from Whites, though since the Ewells are known as “white trash,” White society also avoids them, thereby isolating them from both, Black and White society. Lacking the social association, the support of her siblings, and the aid of her father, Mayella lives in a secluded vicious environment.