Just Like a Tree (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ernest J. Gaines
- First Published: 1963
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The 1960's
- Setting: Rural Louisiana
- Principal Characters: Aunt Fe, Aunt Lou, Louise, Emmanuel
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Civil rights, 1960’s, Traveling or travelers, Racism, South or Southerners, Rural or country life, Friendship, Old age or elderly people
- Locales: Louisiana
The Story
Aunt Fe, an elderly woman known and loved throughout her small community in rural Louisiana, is leaving the place where she has lived all of her life. Louise, her kin, has come with her husband, James, to take her north. On this day, members of the community, all of whom feel as though they are kin to Aunt Fe, gather to say farewell. No one wants to see her leave, and those who know her best are sure that she would rather stay where she is. Aunt Clo, one of the old ones, thinks that moving Aunt Fe is like uprooting a tree and finding you did not get the taproot. You...
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