Judge McKelva‚ Becky Mckelva‚ Laurel Mckelva‚ Wanda Fay‚ Dr. Courtland‚ Miss Adele Courtland‚ Tish Bullock‚ Major Bullock‚ Miss Tennyson‚ and Miss Missouri. Becky Mckelva was Judge Mckelva’s wife before she died and had Laurel Mckelva with him. Wanda Fay remarried Judge Mckelva after his wife’s death. Dr. Courtland did surgery on Becky Mckelva and the final operation on Judge Mckelva. Miss Adele Courtland is the sister of Dr. Courtland and is a bride’s maid to Laurel McKelva. Tish Bullock is also
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character Stella Dallas got a baby‚ Laurel‚ with her newly married husband Stephen Dallas. Because of her uneducated lifestyle and stubborn personality‚ her marriage with Stephen was getting broken. Her daughter Laurel became all of her life. Stella tried to give her everything. After several awkward things happened in the trip Stella and Laurel had together‚ Stella realized that Stephen and his new family would provide better life to Laurel. In the end she lied to Laurel and made her move to Stephen.
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Exploring Inherited Racism ZZ Packer’s short story‚ “Brownies‚” demonstrates a repeated cycle of inherited racism with a possibility for change presented by Laurel and Daphne’s approach to dealing with racial struggles. The story revolves around a racial conflict between Laurel’s Brownie troop (black girls) and troop 909 (white girls)‚ where a girl from troop 909 allegedly refers to Daphne with a racial insult. The girls have dealt with racism directly through their own experiences and indirectly
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Laurel feels like now that her and Sky broke up she feels like the same loss is how she felt when she found out what happened with May. I feel after Sky broke up with her she felt that loss of something almost like a flashback to how it must of felt when May probably passed away. It was super hard of her when he broke with her she couldn’t face him without wailing. Now that the two most important people in Laurels life that she loved and truly cared for is no longer are with her. She’s really feeling
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looks sad‚ Gerard always tries to think of something good‚ such as his daughter‚ Lucy‚ whom he loves very much. There is a blizzard when Gerard meets the old love‚ Laurel and the memories starts to resurface inside of him. In the short story there’s a huge contrast between Laurel and Issy and Gerard’s relationship to each of them. Laurel was a caring person who wanted to have a serious relationship with Gerard involving true love‚ where Issy was Gerard’s desire and lover. She didn’t really care about
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his live and he only cares about her being happy and satisfied. Lucy is also the one who makes Gerard happy. Gerard was not in love with the mother to his child‚ he has only been in love once and it could seem like it was in Laurel. “Gerard met Issy a month after he met Laurel. A decade ago‚
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theme of otherness is a harsh‚ yet sad reality that is the main focus in Z.Z Packer’s “Brownies.” Through the isolation of races‚ as well as Laurel and her Brownie troop‚ the overall experience of “otherness” is affected. This main focus of the isolation of race between the two Brownie troops are exemplified during the story through the help of the narrator‚ Laurel. While reading Z.Z Packer’s “Brownies‚” it is noted that the Brownie troop and troop 909 both represent different groups of “others” through
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Save as Many as You Ruin In this short story called “Save as Many as You Ruin” by Van Booy we are introduced to Gerard‚ who works in an office. He appears to the reader as likeable man and the story begins one day as he gets off work. He walks down the street thinking about what the area was like before the big city of Manhattan was constructed. The footprints in the snow remind him of how everything will disappear. He breathes out just to see his breath disappear‚ and thinks of a Rainer M. Rilke
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Ruin” and he realizes the mistake he made and grabs the chance to make it up. Gerard is a man in his late 30’s who one day runs into his ex-girlfriend Laurel and has dinner with her‚ and afterward walks home with her. She is the only woman whom he has ever loved‚ but when they used to date he had sex with another woman‚ Issy‚ and she got pregnant. Laurel breaks off their relationship‚ and when Gerard’s daughter‚ Lucy‚ is six months old‚ Issy leaves them and is found dead four years later. Now he lives
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guy‚ just around 40 years old‚ who has an eight years old daughter named Lucy. Lucy is the result of Gerard’s affair with Issy. He was cheating on his wife‚ Laurel‚ and when he wanted to leave Issy and stop the affair‚ it was too late. She had become pregnant and carried the child of Gerard. Therefore he told about the whole thing to Laurel who later ended their relationship. After living with Issy for some time‚ she decided to go to Hollywood to become an actress‚ but instead she was found dead
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