Summary Of Passing By Nella Larsen

In Passing by Nella Larsen Gertrude, Clare, and Irene are women that live with passing differently. Each woman approaches passing differently because all have different perspectives of it. Some care about how passing might affect someone while the others do not. Irene being the only one who does not pass as white thinks before she does something, she cares about people’s feelings and how something might affect someone and she only passes when she needs to. Unlike, Clare she does it to make her life easier knowing that it would disturb her husband since he does not know she is black. On the other hand, Gertrude just passes to make her life easier. In Passing Larsen explains, “That, Irene pointed out, was exactly like Clare Kendry. Taking a chance,