Author Question: What do you infer from Mrs. Turpins conversation with the black farmworkers? Is she their friend? ... (Read 176 times)

Jkov05 · **on:** Jul 20, 2018

What do you infer from Mrs. Turpins conversation with the black farmworkers? Is she their friend? Why does she now find their flattery unacceptable (Jesus satisfied with her)?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Sketch the plot of the story. What moment or event do you take to be the crisis, or turning point? What is the climax? What is the conclusion?

What will be an ideal response?

dajones82 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 20, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ruby Turpin is not the friend of her farm workers. They listen to her story with awe, but the reader knows this is purely a charade. The reader senses that this is the first time theyve had such a long conversation, and their words are empty flattery. It seems this is also the first time Mrs. Turpin has been dissatisfied with their flattery of her, for before this moment, she has believed that she really was the sweetest white lady on earth (par. 159). This encounter moves her an inch closer to her final epiphany, leading to her moment of grace.

Answer to Question 2

Revelation, a beautifully plotted story, builds slowly to its crisis or turning point: Mary Graces assault on Mrs. Turpin in the doctors office or, more specifically, the moment when she declares, Go back to hell where you came from, you old wart hog. The climax we take to be Mrs. Turpins challenge to God, Who do you think you are?; and the conclusion, her shocked acceptance of the final revelationthe vision of the bridge to heaven.