Dec 24, 2009

Fleur | Characters

The two female characters, Fleur and Pauline, are among the most memorable in recent literature. Fleur is surely one of the more fascinating examples of the "shape- shifter" in American literature, perhaps because she represents the will to survive in the face of terrible assaults on her person, her family, and her culture by the assorted evils of racial prejudice and ethnic conquest. Fleur Pillager is characterized in terms of the legends that surround her, her physical characteristics, and uncanny skill at playing cards. The narrator tells the reader that Fleur "messed with evil,...