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Characters Flashcards

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Mrs. Spring Fragrance

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The Spring Fragrance couple, Mrs. SF came to America with her parents, she embodies adapting and not losing her culture.

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The Inferior Woman

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Alice Winthrop: self-made, looked down upon
Will Carmen: neighbour
Mrs. Spring Fragrance

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The Wisdom of the New

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Wou Sankwei: husband to Pau Lin
Pau Lin: Incapable of adapting, American culture = evil
Adah Charlton: young girl, bright face

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Its Wavering Image

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Pan: mixed race, knows self-identity
Mark Carson: Pressured Pan to choose between identities.

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The Story of the One White Woman who Married a Chinese

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James Carson: Ex-husband, verbally abusive, degrating
Minnie Carson: Wants to be wife + mother, independent
Liu Kanghi: Chinese man who took in Minnie and her son, Kind, traditional, respectful
The Kanghi Family: they take in Minnie, treat her as their own

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Her Chinese Husband

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Liu Kanghi and Minnie Carson

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The Americanizing of Pau Tsu

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Pau Tsu: Chinese, not wanting americanization
Wan Ling Fo: Nephew to Wan Hing
Mrs. Adah: American, pretty friend of Wan

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In the Land of the Free

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Hom Hing: Lae Choo husband, father of Little One
Lae Choo: Suffering seperation of her and child.

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The Narrator, ZItkala Sa

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Represents Zitkala-Sa, a young Dakota girl, free spirit, adores her mother.

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Iktomi

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Iktomi is a greedy and selfish classic trickster figure, never learns from his mistakes

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Bureau of Indians Affairs

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Cruel bureaucracy that cripples indigenous communities

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Narrator’s Mother (Zitkala-Sa)

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Raised her daughter as a free spirit, values her culture. Hates white men.

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The Avenger

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Spirit in form of an Indian brave, carries a magic arrow, travels far and wide. He can be tricked but always wins

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The Fall of the House of Usher

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Roderick Usher: educated, intellectual, mental condition, thin with wild hair
Narrator: They used to be friends, concerned for Roderick
Madeline Usher: Hardly exists, twin sister, an embodiment of illness.

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The Murders on Rue Morgue

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Auguste Dupin: Eccentric amateur detective, creative, intellectual and analytical.
Camille L’Espanaye: Daughter of Madame L’Espanaye
Madame L’Espanaye: Mysteriously murdered with daughter.
The Sailor: Owned the Ourangoutang it escaped and murdered the L’Espanayes.

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Mother of Althesa, Clotel, stuck in Natchez, dies of yellow fever. Example: what suffering families endure when torn apart.

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Currer

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Daughter of Currer; Had a child with Green named Mary. Treated badly by Mrs. French; as she was light skinned she was envied. Brown invites white readers to feel sympathy for her.

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Clotel

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Henry’s wife, contributes to Salome’s freedom, her and Henry die of yellow fever, her kids live with their uncle who doesn’t know she was a slave, the kids represent Brown’s seperation from his mom and sister.

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Althesa

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Wealthy, has a kid with Clotel, marries Gertrude, he has an inability to stand up to the cruel and unjust system.

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Horatio Green

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Owns congregation and plantation of 70 slaves, has callousness to slaves, when he dies the slaves are happy.

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John Peck

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Daughter of John, against slavery, she’s modest, self-possessed, great voices, sweet and seen as a heroine.

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Georgiana

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Sees herself as the “man” of the family while her father is away at war, she is a talented writer, her worst fault is her hot temper.

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Jo March

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She steps up to instruct her younger siblings, beautiful girl and prosperous, her biggest flaw is she can be vain.

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Meg March

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A pretty child, a talented drawer, she is spoiled and her greatest fault is selfishness. Aspires to be a refined lady

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Amy March

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Talented musician, she is sweet, shy and a homebody, she is the heart of the family, she is selfless and loving.

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Beth March

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Guides her children, wants them to be good christians, she leads by example, and shes always helping others

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Marmee

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he is handsome, affectionate, generous, and sometimes impetuous. He becomes their brother, playmate and friend.

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Theodore “Laurie” Laurence

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Old friend of Mrs. Marchs father, Lauries grandfather, he lives next door.

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Mr. Laurence

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A German professor from Berlin, he teaches his nephews in the America per request of his sister. He is poor but learned and kind.

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Professor. Bhaer

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