Rest of Chapter 18

    Atticus is tries to make Mayella to admit that Bob gets violent when he drinks, and beats her up. Mayella's hesitation tells us in the book that Bob probably was the one who had beat him, and since he is left handed, and not Tom. Atticus then acts confused, so Mayella can tell her side of the story again, and to lure her into a sense of confidence to trick her. Atticus memory then starts to become sharp, and he starts to ask questions to Mayella. Atticus then tells Tom to stand up nice and tall, and we find out that Tom his left arm is crippled because he got it caught in a cotton gin. This had tore Tom's muscles apart. This means that Tom could not have possibly beat Mayella up because since Mayella was beaten on the right side of her body, then someone that is left handed must have done this. Tom could not done this because his left hand is crippled, and it is impossible to hit someone on their right side of their body with your right hand.
    Mayella had told Atticus that she was fighting back, then Atticus says how was it possible for Tom to rape her, since she was fighting back. Atticus keeps giving question to Mayella, but she does not even answer Atticus' questions. This means that she is not answering the questions, because she lied, and if she had answer them, then she would have told the truth. Mayella finally starts to cry, and tells the jury that they are cowards because they are not protecting her from Tom, and what he had did. Mayella did not say any evidence, about Tom raping her, here emotion towards the jury was the evidence. This was effective because it appeals to men about protective instinct, and they do want to be seen as cowards. Few of Bob's children can read, Atticus tells her if she has any friends, Mayella does not know what a friend is, and what love is. At the end of the chapter, Mr. Gilmer seems to know that Tom Robinson is innocent and he is prosecuting reluctantly. Mr Gilmer is barely objecting to Atticus, and he is barely trying to help Mayella with this case, because Mr. Gilmer seems to know that Tom is innocent. Mayella leaves the witness stand, and the court stands in recess, people did not move. The judge then tells Atticus if they can finish the case this after noon, Atticus that he thinks that he can, but he just needed to call up one more witness to the stand.
    I think that Atticus is being really smart here, because he gave questions to Mayella, and she did not answer them. This is because she knows that she was caught in Atticus trap, and this also means that she was lying this whole time, and Bob was probably the one who had raped her. This was Atticus' plan to make Mayella fall into his trap, and catch her lying. This had back fired at one time, when Mayella burst into tears, and called the jury cowards that they would not protect her, of what Tom Robinson had did. This is what I think about what Atticus planned to do, so he could trap Mayella, so she can tell him the truth, and Tom would be innocent, and he could go back to his family and his three children.