Helene+Wright+Sara-David

=**__HELENE WRIGHT__**= Sara + David

Assignment: With your partner, create a wikipage linked to your assigned characters below. For the major character, (1) provide a 3-sentence summary of the character's role in Part One of the novel

(2) make a bullet point list of 3-5 notes (phrases, clauses -- not full sentences) that highlight the most significant points about that character in Part One
 * Helene Wright is the protective and controlling mother of Nel Wright, and the narrator’s introduction to her life also serves as an introduction to the entire Wright family. She goes to visit her ill grandmother Cecile and is visibly uncomfortable during the train ride to and upon arrival at Cecile’s house in New Orleans.** **During Nel's wedding, Helene is less controlling than usual due to a combination of exhaustion and alcohol.**
 * **Oppressive way she raises Nel similar to way Cecile raised Helene**
 * **Plays a significant role in Medallion’s “most conservative black church” (18)**
 * **Juxtaposed with Hannah Peace; Hannah is more promiscuous, Helene more of a central character**
 * **Detests “slackness” (29) of the kind Hannah, much like Rochelle, has**
 * **Distances herself from her Creole origins and past in New Orleans, satisfactory life without venturing outside Medallion; contrasts with her husband, a seaman who makes frequent journeys**

(3) quote and provide proper citation of the 3 most significant quotations by or about your character in Part One


 * “She would sigh sometimes just before falling asleep, thinking that she had indeed come far enough away from the Sundown House.” (19)**


 * “She felt both pleased and ashamed to sense that these men, unlike her father, who worshiped his graceful, beautiful wife, were bubbling with a hate for her mother that had not been there in the beginning but had been born with the dazzling smile.” (22)**


 * "Her only child's wedding - the culmination of all she had been, thought or done in this world - had dragged from her energy and stamina even she did know she possessed." (80)**

(4) include some sort of visual illustration or graphic on your page that reveals your take on the character in Part One



1) Summary of Helene's role in Part 2: Helene Wright plays a less significant role in Part 2 of the novel; she presumably takes part in the leeching relationship the town engages in with Sula; her pariah status allows the people of the town to become closer and more harmonious with each other, united in their hatred and fear of Sula. At the end, Helene is of the small group of people that don't join the ebullient parade to the tunnel. Instead, she develops her usual scathing disdain towards the dancing crowd.
 * PART 2**

2) Significant points: - Largely static character; does not change from Part 1 to Part 2 - No real part in driving plot of Part 2 - Still scornful of actions/people that defy convention or act in a "strange" way (i.e. the crazed mob)

3) Quote: "Some, of course, like Helene Wright, would not go." (160) "She watched the ruckus with characteristic scorn." (160)

4) Visual: (Helene is a "straight-laced woman and has not changed in Part 2)