The narrator wearing the straw hat and church dress that grandma Del made for church
Grandma Del
Eulalie
Ermandine
Grandma Del doing the narrator's hair
Your skin is beautiful like honey and you're a fine brown lady!
The castor oil smells so nice
The narrator as a pre-teen visiting grandma Del with a change in how she feels
Now I have to say hello to these black and dirty people that ask silly questions.
I am going to have my hair conditioned and I don't want that awful smelling castor oil in my hair.
Grandma Towser making the narrator conflicted and insecure about herself
Grandma, you shouldn't paint your face like that you know, its written in the bible that its a sin.
Honey love's alright but what about the childrens hair? If you were my child I would cut it right off to get some of the kinks out
Grandma Towser
Darling with all due respect to your paternal grandmother, she's a lovely lady or was when I met her the only one time at the wedding, and she has done one absolute fantastic thing in her life which is to produce one son your esteemed father, one hunk of a guy, but honey other than that your grandmother Del is a country bumpkin
Narrator faces colour prejudice
You're only a godamn nigger you don't know any better. Auntie evie married a big black man and you're his child and you're not fit to play with me
Maureen
Narrator became a selfish and materialistic young lady
Mom I don't care what dad says I cant go to stay with grandma Del this summer because the charm course is for three weeks and then remember Towser is taking me to Ochi in her new cottage.
The narrator's mother
The narrator as a young lady
O.K I have an idea. Why don't we just take a quick run down to see grandma this sunday and then we wont have to worru about her until next year?
Yli 30 miljoonaa kuvakäsikirjoitusta luotu
Ei Latauksia, ei Luottokorttia ja ei Vaadi Kirjautumista Kokeilemiseen!