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Lilies Of The Field Character Analysis
In Lilies of the field by William E. Barrett there are two characters who would seem different at firs but have many of the same traits there names are Homer and Mother Maria. The first trait is hard working it is shown in for both characters mostly with Homer when he works for Mother Maria and Orville
Livingston but she dose the same in keeping the nuns nuns that she is incharge of safe and helping with the work around there farm. The second trait is religious with this trait Mother Maria exceeds Homer draqtically when every day she is praying and is part of a holy order of nuns while Homer is lacking in faith and only goes to protestant mas every once in a wile tho he dose not hhve every day chances to go to a protestant mass. The third trait

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