Papa Of America Character Analysis

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Papa is a very humble and quiet man. He takes care of his family by building houses, but also uses his power for good. Papa is a very nice and generous man by “receiving the spiritually needy: the recent widows, the women who had lost children” (Cofer 4). He never charged them. Papa also seems like a very respectful man by letting his wife “banish him to the back of the house” (Cofer 3) because she was skeptical of his practices. Papa is a very smart, gentle, and easy going man who cared for his clients and his family.
Some changes that take place in Mama’s view of Papa’s spiritual gifts are how in the beginning she is very skeptical. Mama was “a practical woman who believed only in what her eyes recorded” (Cofer 2). This shows us how ridged

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