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Becky

A white outcast woman living on the edge of a black community.

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Also known as Becky Becky

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The white woman ostracized for having two Negro sons; lives in isolation and dies when her cabin's chimney collapses.
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BABarloPJPaul JohnsonARArtODOld David Geor…RKRalph KabnisBEBecky

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Fragments of community and tragedy
  • Interracial romance and tragedy
  • Southern women and lynching
  • Protagonist

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SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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