# Aunt Pinky — Short Fiction character guide

> Aunt Pinky in Short Fiction by Kate Chopin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Evidently Aunt Pinky, Pinky, old Pinky

**First appearance:** 0025-old-aunt-peggy

## Who they are

An old black woman with a sharp tongue and a good heart.

## Relationships

### [Odalie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/characters/odalie)

_family_

Aunt Pinky is Odalie's elderly relative, who dotes on her but also imposes traditional expectations.

### [Odalie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/characters/odalie)

_family_

Aunt Pinky is Odalie's elderly relative, who dotes on her but also imposes traditional expectations.

### [Odalie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/characters/odalie)

_family_

Aunt Pinky is Odalie's elderly relative, who dotes on her but also imposes traditional expectations.

## In the story

### [A Gentleman of Bayou Têche](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/a-gentleman-of-bayou-t-che)

Referred to as Aunt Dicey, she warns Martinette about the potential insult in the magazine caption.

### [Ozème's Holiday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/oz-me-s-holiday)

Aunt Tildy, the elderly woman struggling with a disabled hand and a sick grandson.

### [Odalie Misses Mass](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/odalie-misses-mass)

An elderly, formerly enslaved woman who is cared for by Odalie and dies peacefully at the end of the chapter.

### [Dead Men's Shoes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/dead-men-s-shoes)

Referred to as Aunt Halifax; a field worker who provides an affidavit supporting Gilma's ownership of the horse.

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