Oil! · Character
Aunt Allie
Bunny's sharp-tongued aunt Bertie, who tried to trap a wealthy lover into marriage, now lies recovering from an abortion and lectures her nephew on the practical uses of money and men.
supporting
Also known as Bertie, Alice, VII Bertie, Robbie Warden, Robbie, Miss Alberta Ross
First appearance: oil
As a supporting figure in Oil!, Aunt Allie is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Bertie, Bunny's sister, returns from school with a fashionable disdain for oil and a snobbish attitude toward the Groartys and Paul.
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Aunt Allie, known as Bertie, is Bunny's worldly and cynical relative, a woman who pursued a career and a rich husband with equal calculation and has the scars to prove it. Recovering from a back-alley procedure, she…
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- Other
Character groups
- Bunny's inner circle
- Extended family and community
- Minor social and labor figures
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Open in readerNarrative arc
Story tension across the book.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This is the dramatic climax because Bunny reaches an emotional and psychological peak of desperation, tremblin…
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- Bunny Ross
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Aunt Allie is Bunny's caring and wise aunt, often acting as a maternal figure and… How this plays out →
- Dad Ross
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- Bunny Ross
family · positive
Aunt Allie is Bunny's caring and wise aunt, often acting as a maternal figure and… How this plays out →
- Bunny Ross
family · positive
Aunt Allie is Bunny's caring and wise aunt, often acting as a maternal figure and… How this plays out →
- Dad Ross
family · ambivalent
- Dad Ross
family · ambivalent
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