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- Susana Tovar

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The character trait Miss Lottie demonstrates is the trait of being protective. Which is significant in the story because it shows us the type of person she is which is someone who likes to protect what they own. She is also protective towards her son.

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"Miss Lottie was enraged now. She began struggling to her feet "ya'll git" go on home then the kids let loose with their pebbles storming the flowers, and laughing wildly and senselessly at Miss.Lottie's impotent rage"

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The character trait Elizabeth demonstrates is compassion and the act of being considerate. This is significant because it shows us she has a soft side and is not all tough. We see that after the attack Elizabeth feels regret for what she had done, we then see a side of her we had not yet seen.

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"Suddenly I was ashamed, I did not like being ashamed. The child in me said it was all fun, but the woman in me flinched at the thought of the malicious attack".

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In addition to illustrating the setting for us being the Great Depression, it also shows us how even before the great depression people had already been struggling financially. Not only were they impoverished but they had no hope for a better life hence why they were "depressed". Readers can also see that the narrator lives in a rather unsteady family atmosphere which helps explain some of her later actions.

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"Our impoverished little community when I was younger the depression that gripped the nation was was no new thing to us, for black workers of rural Maryland had always been depressed".