In Chapter 17, Mayella Ewell is called to the witness stand to testify during the Tom Robinson trial. Atticus questions Mayella about her family life and background. The Ewells are the most despicable, dirty family in Maycomb County. The Ewells live behind the town garbage dump about five hundred yards in front of a small Negro settlement. Their house is a tiny, old Negro cabin with a tin roof. It is shaped like a square and has four small bedrooms. Scout describes the Ewell's yard as a "playground for an insane child." (Lee 228) Inside the fence, there is garbage, random broken items, and remnants of an old Model T. The only aesthetically pleasing items in the entire Ewell residence are Mayella's red geraniums in the corner of the yard. Scout says that no one in the Maycomb community knew how many children lived there because no one ever drove past the Ewell residence.
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