Hope In The Welcome Stairways Diner

I Think the Character Hope Yancy Could be my friend. Hope’s personality is hopefulness. While Hope was working as a waitress at a diner in Brooklyn, New York and Addie was the head cook. The owner had something secretive planned up his sleeve. The owner, Gleason Beal ran away with all the diners money and stole Charlene a night waitress from her husband. Later on in the book Hope describes Gleason Beal as a, “Robber. Stealer. Purloiner (I like that one). larcenist. pilferer. poacher. Swindler,” according to page 60 in the book. During the book she does not care about what happened in her past. Addie and Tulip(Hope) were looking through a “name dictionary” and they stumbled upon the name Hope. So on Tulips twelfth birthday she changed her name to Hope. She changed it to this name because on page 7 it says, “I think hope is just about the best thing a person can have.”

One of the settings in the book was The Welcome Stairways Diner. I would visit this place because when they treat you, it feels like home. One of the reasons I could treat the Welcome Stairways Diner Like home is because the people working are like home. The Cook Braverman for example, he works next to Addie and when they …show more content…
This song shows that the person scored a big win, and the other person or opponent did not even come close. During the book the current mayor cheated to win. According to the book on page 166 it says, “One hundred and twenty registered voters on the official books claimed they never register, much less voted.” So Eli Millstone was on fire in the political community. One line from the song says “I told you homeboy u can't touch this.” This means that the opponent wasn’t close to winning. Another line says, “Fresh new kicks and pants, You got it like that now you know you wanna dance, So move out of your seat.” I think this means that the “loser” should go and let the new winner