Thank You Ma Am Character Analysis

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Character traits are very important parts to any piece of literature. They are important because every character, especially fictional ones, use them to explain how they act and react. Both Ms. Lottie in Marigolds and Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones in the short story Thank You M'am share very similar character traits. One trait shared by Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones and Ms. Lottie is the trait of how fearless they both are. In thank you M'am Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones suggests she is fearless when "the woman simply turned around and kicked him right in the blue-jeaned sitter". In Marigolds Ms. Lottie is also proven to be fearless because she "shook her cane at us and started toward the road". Mrs. Luella Bates Washington