Losing Battles (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Eudora Welty
- First Published: 1970
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Pastoral
- Time of Work: The 1930’s
- Setting: The rural Mississippi hill country
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, Values, Family or family life, Prisoners, Rural or country life, 1930’s, Mississippi, Judges, Family reunions
- Locales: Mississippi
Characters Discussed
Granny Vaughn, the frail and indomitable matriarch whose birthday is the occasion for the family reunion. As small as a boy, she sits enthroned on her rocker, from which she fixes her slit eyes on her well-wishers and tells them just how they measure up or fall short. She claims to be one hundred years old, although she is actually ninety, and she has been saving one family secret for this day when the family history is retold.
Jack Renfro, Granny’s great- grandson and the hope of the family. He is small in stature, unfailingly cheerful, and...
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