Lena Grove: Both of her parents are dead, lives with her brother. She 's determined to find the father of her unborn child. She leaves Alabama to head to Jefferson to do this. She 's not the typical southern women because she 's pregnant without being married. Her brother "called her a whore" (6). When leaving for her adventure to find the father of her child she climbs through the window when she could 've just walked out the door. "She could 've departed by the door" (6). Very naive. Only brings 35 cents with her on her journey. Totally unprepared but determined. Se defends Lucas for leaving her behind, won 't believe it when other characters are hinting/telling her he left her behind. "I don 't reckon I need any promises from Lucas, it just happened unfortunate so, that he had to go away" (18). Also when they tell her that the person in Jefferson name is Bunch and not Burch she doesn 't listen. "she would
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People think he 's a foreigner. "We ought to run him through the planer... maybe that will take that look off his face" (32) He 's mysterious. "they did not know who he was" (32). Has a more darker complexion than other white people. His name has an effect on others "there was something in the sound of it that was trying to tell them what to expect...he carried with him his own inescapable warning" (33). "He still had nothing to say to anyone, even after six months. No one knew what he did between mill hours"(35). Selling whiskey secretly. Quit his job at the mill. Likes to keep things quiet and a secret. Beats Joe Brown when he talks to much "Christmas come in quick and walked up to him and jerked him out of the chair... holding Brown up he was with one hand and slapping his face with the other (80). He 's part black "Christmas is part nigger" (89). He 's not comfortable with black people when he was around them "found that he had the razor in his hand, It was not open"
People think he 's a foreigner. "We ought to run him through the planer... maybe that will take that look off his face" (32) He 's mysterious. "they did not know who he was" (32). Has a more darker complexion than other white people. His name has an effect on others "there was something in the sound of it that was trying to tell them what to expect...he carried with him his own inescapable warning" (33). "He still had nothing to say to anyone, even after six months. No one knew what he did between mill hours"(35). Selling whiskey secretly. Quit his job at the mill. Likes to keep things quiet and a secret. Beats Joe Brown when he talks to much "Christmas come in quick and walked up to him and jerked him out of the chair... holding Brown up he was with one hand and slapping his face with the other (80). He 's part black "Christmas is part nigger" (89). He 's not comfortable with black people when he was around them "found that he had the razor in his hand, It was not open"