Jan 2, 2010

The Third Life of Grange Copeland | Characters

Walker's protagonist is Grange Copeland, whose changing influence on his family spans three generations, which Walker represents as three lives. Grange destroys his wife, Margaret, and blights the childhood of his son, Brownfield: he becomes the heart of the novel only in his third and final life. In this life, Grange assumes responsibility for his actions and attempts to make good on his mistakes by devoting his life to raising his granddaughter, Ruth. He is committed to giving her a chance to live a generative, loving, happy life, a life that he gave up on for himself, and that, by his...