never
explicitly discloses when Bob Ewell's wife died or how old Mayella was when her mother passed.
The audience learns inthat Burris Ewell does not have a mother and that her "paw's right
contentious." During the Tom Robinson trial, Bob Ewell takes the witness stand and begins
by testifying that he is Mayella's father before commenting that "her ma's dead." Bob
does not elaborate on how or when his wife passed away. In ,cross-examines Mayella and asks how
long her mother's been dead. Mayella responds by saying:
"Don't knowlong time." (Lee 185)
Mayella is nineteen years old when she takes the witness stand, and the audience can
infer that Burris is probably eight years old. On the first day of school,is five and Burris has
been repeating the first grade for three years. If Burris enrolled when he was five and failed
three years, he would be eight years old. If Burris is the youngest of the eight Ewell children
and Mayella is the oldest, than...
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