Summary: The case begins with the prosecutor, Mr. Gilmer, calling to the stands the sheriff, who runs down what happened from his point of view: Mr. Ewell grabs him as he's leaving the station, they go to the Ewell home where Mayella is, and he then goes and arrests Tom Robinson. Atticus than goes to talk to Tate, emphasizing that no one called a doctor. The next witness is Robert E. Lee Ewell. His story is: he's coming home, he hears Mayella scream, see the rape in action, chases Tom off, runs for the sheriff. Again atticus asks why no one got a doctor, and asks if Robert can write, and asks him to write his name, which shows he isn't ambidextrous, he can just use both hands just the same. His usign his left hand shows that he could have beaten up Mayella, who had excessive briusing on he right side of face unlike Tom, who has a withered left hand after it was torn up in a cotton gin. Mayella is called up next, in which Atticus tries to dismantle her story after she slipped up in a few places. After this, Atticus has only one more witness.
Literay elements: Allusion: Robert E. Lee was the leaing general in charge of the Confederate army. Allusion: the cotton gin was created by Eli Whitney, after the slaving business was dying down, and his invention reinvigorized the cotton industry
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