Having Our Say Character Analysis

Can you imagine living to be over one hundred years old and being able to spend those years with your sister as your best friend? Well, in the book, “Having Our Say,” by Amy Hill Hearth, with her main characters of Sarah L. Delany as Sadie, and Elizabeth A. Delany as Bessie, tell their story about their struggles and accomplishments when growing up in the late 1800s. However, they hold a very strong position of life long issues such as, religion, racial equality, and valiancy. The sisters had very unique personalities that described who they were. In my opinion, I strongly feel I have an association with the Delany sisters, especially with Bessie. The personality, racial background, and the similarity of our parent establishments. As colored women in America, we value our accomplish goals we set for ourselves. Elizabeth Delany was named after Dr. Anna J. Cooper, and early advocate of

Our personalities were repugnant to the point it drove our parents crazy. I would say I can relate more to Bessie than Sadie. Even though I was youngest and my sister was the oldest, I had a spunky attitude. I love everyone but I have a hard time of people telling me I can’t achieve a goal because I’m a woman. Hearing anything in that matter just made me voice my opinion to whomever it needed to be voiced to. My sister always told me that growing up, no one was ever going to like me because I was mean. I never considered myself as a mean person, I only stood up for what’s right and what’s wrong. I wasn’t afraid to let someone know how I felt. See my sister was shy and she let a lot of things go that shouldn’t have been. If I didn’t speak up for her, I’m not sure where she would be. Our parents use to tell us that I balanced ourselves out because I was considered to be feisty and my sister was considered to be