Catherine Carmier (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Ernest J. Gaines
- First Published: 1964
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The early 1960’s
- Setting: Southern Louisiana
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Domestic realism
- Subjects: African Americans, Teaching or teachers, 1960’s, Parents and children, Love or romance, Biracial people, South or Southerners, Education or educators, Creoles, Cajuns, Farms, farmers, or farming, Fathers
- Locales: South (U.S.), Louisiana
Characters Discussed
Jackson Bradley, a searcher who measures people, places, and events by whether they will contribute to his search or impede it. Returning to Louisiana after completing his college education in California, he no longer feels at home in the rural community of his origins.
Catherine Carmier, a woman divided between her need to fulfill herself as an individual and her powerful attachment to her family, especially to her father. Her relationship with her father has a troubling intensity; she is not sure that she could love any other man as much as she...
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