Mayella is a Sour Patch Kid

I know what you're thinking, this title is bizarre. Hold on one second I can explain, my title is a metaphor. Like they say in the commercials for Sour Patch Kids, "First they're sour, then they're sweet." To me, this describes Mayella's personality during her cross examination. At first, Atticus was acting calm and being polite to Mayella. He used words like ma'am and friend which Mayella did not like. She thought those words were disrespectful and mean. In reality, they were positive things. The reason she thought those were disrespectful was that she has never been given respect nor had a friend. Mayella was being sour

After a few questions, Mayella starts to become sweet. She trusts Atticus, and she becomes calmer and nicer. All of a sudden, Atticus changes paces during the cross examination. He starts to pellet her with questions. He keeps asking questions, and he gets Mayella to admit that Bob is abusive when he drinks. This destroys the relationship the jury had with Bob Ewell. Atticus has managed to destroy the credibility of Bob because of Mayella. Also, Mayella and Bob's testimonies of what happened were different showing something was not right. Now we have more evidence showing that it may have been Bob who beat up Mayella not Tom.