Keela, the Outcast Indian Maiden (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Eudora Welty
- First Published: 1940
- Type of Plot: Fable
- Time of Work: The 1930's
- Setting: Cane Springs, Mississippi
- Principal Characters: Little Lee Roy, Steve, Max
- Genres: Fable, Short fiction
- Subjects: African Americans, Racism, South or Southerners, Prejudices or antipathies, Ethics, Cruelty
- Locales: Cane Springs, MS
The Story
Practically the entire story “Keela, the Outcast Indian Maiden” is presented as a dialogue between Steve, a young man who once was the barker for the sideshow in which Little Lee Roy, a clubfooted black man, was presented as Keela, the Outcast Indian Maiden, and Max, a man who runs a café near Lee Roy's home and who brings Steve to see him. Occasionally, Lee Roy himself enters into the conversation, but primarily the story focuses on Steve trying to explain to Max why he continued in the barker's job. Ostensibly, Steve has come to find Lee Roy and give him some...
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