The first character being Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, the older lady who almost got her pocketbook stolen. In the story they describe her as “a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails,” making her seem tough and not scared of anything. As you go to read you know nothing about her or why is so tough. Did something happen to her to make her that way or is it all a front? She told the young boy she had done things that can not be spoken of and that just added more mystery on who she is, “Um-hum! You thought I was going to say but, didn’t you? You thought I was going to say, but I didn’t snatch people’s pocketbooks. Well, I wasn’t going to say that.” Her name is Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones so is she married? If so where is her husband? You don’t know who she is, her back story, or even her personality and it makes it very hard to connect with the
The first character being Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, the older lady who almost got her pocketbook stolen. In the story they describe her as “a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails,” making her seem tough and not scared of anything. As you go to read you know nothing about her or why is so tough. Did something happen to her to make her that way or is it all a front? She told the young boy she had done things that can not be spoken of and that just added more mystery on who she is, “Um-hum! You thought I was going to say but, didn’t you? You thought I was going to say, but I didn’t snatch people’s pocketbooks. Well, I wasn’t going to say that.” Her name is Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones so is she married? If so where is her husband? You don’t know who she is, her back story, or even her personality and it makes it very hard to connect with the