Vanishing Half Part 5
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- Eventually after Desiree and Stella escaped to New Orleans, Stella suddenly leaves Desiree to start her new life with Blake. It is possible that Stella grew tired of having her entire personhood centered around another person, which would explain her prompt leave and brief note: “Sorry, honey, but I’ve got to go my own way” (Bennett 61). However, leaving Desiree subjected her to years of wandering and isolation.
- In response to the notice given at a town hall meeting that a Black family would be moving into Stella's all-white neighborhood, Stella asserts "You must stop them, Percy... If you don't, there'll be more and then what? Enough is enough!" (Bennett 146)_ From this, readers perceive Stella as a self-hating person who will dehumanize the Black community to prove herself valuable in the eyes of her white neighbors.
- After Loretta confronts Stella about Kennedy calling her daughter the N word, Stella drags Kennedy back into the house to punish her. As Bennett writes, "Stella felt numb. She guided her daughter back across the street. As soon as she shut the door, she grabbed Kennedy and slapped her" (Bennett 199). This is a moment where Stella acts "out of character", as she slaps her daughter as a form of chastisement after her racist act.
- What effect does Stella have on others?
- After Loretta confronts Stella about their daughters' situation, Stella contemplates telling Loretta the truth as she is packing to move out of the neighborhood. Bennett writes: "She imagined marching across the street to explain herself... she would say 'I'm like you' ... Stella would tell her because the woman was leaving... She'd tell her because, in spite of everything, Loretta was her only friend in the world" (Bennett 200). This demonstrates Stella constant internal conflict about passing for white, which she often thinks about admitting to but never does.
- What kind of person is Stella?
- When visiting her daughter in her new apartment, Stella considers telling Kennedy of her past, but does not. In writing of this contemplation, Bennett writes: "[Stella had] imagined, more than once, telling her daughter the truth... How she'd pretended to be someone else because she needed a job... She could tell the truth... but there was no single truth anymore" (Bennett 260). Stella is essentially trapped in the life she created for herself, which leads her to keep her life secret from everyone, including her daughter.
- What actions does Stella take?
- Stella has sworn to secrecy for the majority of her life. In revealing herself to her daughter, she concedes "You can ask me what you'd like... But when we get home---" to which Kennedy responds "I know, I know... I can't say anything" (Bennett 326). This moment represents the breaking of Stella's continuous lying and life of hidden identity.
- What does Stella think about?
- What is something Stella cannot do?
- What are some key things Stella says?
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