Mama

Here is the charatcerization of the narrator's mother from Alice Walker's story,  “How Did I Get Away with Killing One of the Biggest Lawyers in the State? It Was Easy”. According to the woman’s outer characterization, she was never married (not even to the narrator’s father), she is poor and works as a maid for wealthy white people. She also has a series of affairs while the narrator is growing up. Medically, she is not very well and sometimes has …

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Inner characterization

The mother’s inner characterization is mostly conveyed in relation to the narrator, using the narrator’s perspective. Her characterization is constructed by presenting her actions and her attitude.

From the beginning, we find out that she probably loved the narrator’s father, and that she easily falls in love, even with men who do not care about her: “My mother must have loved him, though; she never talked against him when I was little.” (ll. 1-2); “And then they came to my Mama who fell for them every time. And I think she may have had a couple of abortions, like some of the women did, who couldn't feed any more mouths.” (ll. 29-31)

The mother is poor but proud, as she refuses to call herself a maid: “ 'I work in private homes,' she would say, and that sounded nicer, she thought, than saying 'I'm a maid.' ” (ll. 17-18)

Struggling to make a living, she does not have time to spend with …

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