In Maycomb County, it was easy to tell when someone bathed regularly, as opposed to yearly lavations: mR. Ewell had a scalded look; as if an overnight soaking had deprived him of protective layers of dirt, his skin appeared to be sensitive to the elements. Mayella looked as if she tried to keep clean, and I was reminded of the row of red geraniums in the Ewell yard.
This passage shows that the people in the Maycomb County couldn't and didn't take bathes that often. They tried. It describes the look of a clean person and a dirty person.
Giorgos Eleftheriadis
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