The women of Brewster Place(The Two) is a great novel written by Gloria Naylor in 1982. In this novel she told a story of two lesbian women that lived in Brewster Place who were involved in a complex relationship with one another. The sight of the lesbian couple made the other women of Brewster Place feel uneasy because they were so different from them and they could not figure out how two women could be together. Lorraine struggled to gain acceptance and to ignore the rumors from the other women of Brewster Place which caused a great damper on the lesbian couple relationship. However, in the long run the women 's of Brewster place learned to be more tolerable of the lesbian …show more content…
When
Lorraine tripped over a ball outside of Brewster Place, Theresa grabbed her by the arm and around the waist to break her fall and Theresa said to Lorraine, "careful don 't wanna lose you now." Sophie and a few other women silently looked at each other and that was the beginning of how the characteristics of the two women female friendship became questionable. At that moment Sophie made it her mission to expose the two women as lovers and to prove to the
Brewster Place women that the lesbian couple was wrong for living that kind of lifestyle. Sophie felt that their lifestyle was an abomination againist the lord and she kept up alot of gossip about the couple amoung the other women of Brewster Place.
The rumors "got around that the two in 312 were that way and they had seemed like nice girls." Theresa was not bothered by the rumors or the sudden change in attitudes and did not care to fit in but Lorraine continued to struggle to gain acceptance. She wanted to be apart of the community. Lorraine continuous need to be accepted put a damper on their relationship.
"They, they, they!" Theresa exploded. "You know, I 'm not starting up with this again... Who