The Vanishing Half
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- In Chapter 7 the author provides insight into what Stella is like as a person. But years later, the neighbors would only remember one person speaking up in the meeting, a single voice that had, somehow, risen above the noise. She hadn’t yelled—maybe that’s why they’d listened. Or perhaps because she was ordinarily so soft-spoken, everyone knew that if she was standing to her feet in the middle of a raucous meeting, she must have had something urgent to say. Or maybe it was because her family currently lived on Sycamore Way, in a cul-de-sac across from the Lawsons, so the new neighbors would affect her most directly. Whatever the reason, the room quieted when Stella Sanders climbed to her feet. “You must stop them, Percy,” she said. (Bennet 146) “ From this quote the reader can assume that Stella is usually a quiet person. The way the other charcters reacted you tell that Stella does not usually sppeak up.
- WHat is the character like?
- What Kind of person is she?
- In Chapter 7, the author tells the reader what kind of person Stella is. " even in their darkened bedroom, even to Desiree, Stella couldn’t bring herself to say. She always wanted to believe that there was something special about her but she knew that Mr. Dupont only picked her because he sensed her weakness. She was the twin who wouldn’t tell. And she didn’t. Her whole life, she would never tell anyone. (Bennet 155) " FRom the reader can infer that Stella has lots of bottled up emotions and insecurities. She also sees herself as less than her sister.
- In Chapter 7, the author tells the reader what Stella is good at. “Only once, the second time she’d ever pretended to be white. During her last summer in Mallard, weeks after venturing into the charm shop, she’d gone to the South Louisiana Museum of Art on an ordinary Saturday morning, not Negro Day, and walked right up to the main entrance, not the side door where Negroes lined up in the alley. Nobody stopped her, and again, she’d felt stupid for not trying this sooner. There was nothing to being white except boldness. You could convince anyone you belonged somewhere if you acted like you did.(Bennet 149)”. Stella is good at putting on a face and pretending that she is not. She created another identity that white so that she could pass. She is however not good at expressing her true self. She represses emotions and avoids confrontation
- What is she good at?
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