Character Analysis: The Color Of Water

In “The Color of Water”, when the father dies, there are different kind of grief that is being showed and the kind of sympathy from James McBride and the mother. And this showed by, James’ mother often mourned for a little while, as James remembered she would question herself and even think as if she’s “Dead” to the family. And even spoke full fluent Yiddish to merchants. “she snapped when the merchant lapsed into Yiddish amongst themselves during negotiations over a pair of shoes.”(McBride 86).
“I’m removed from my family. . . .” (McBride 99). And she had also took the death very hard, James’s brother Richie talked to her saying “It’s all right, Ma. It’s all right.” (McBride 128). As for James’ side, his real was Andrew McBride. “My real