Julian’s mother is an irony ridden character with antiquated beliefs. On the bus, Julian’s mother speaks lovingly about “an old darky who was her nurse, Caroline”( ).It is evident that all throughout the story Julian’s mother harbors dislikes towards black people, she uncomfortable riding the bus alone. The way she feels about her black nurse Caroline is contradicting the way she feels about Blacks as a whole. How can you say you hate the whole black race and speak so lovingly about them simultaneously? Like a lot of us she’s separating the things she wants to see and the things she doesn’t to only see what suits her. Julian’s’ mother wants him to “at least learn where I am” since she thinks she is part of the upper-class (
