# Zaïda Trodon — Short Fiction character guide

> Zaïda Trodon in Short Fiction by Kate Chopin.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Trodon, Zaïda, Ma'me Trodon

**First appearance:** 0039-in-and-out-of-old-natchitoches

## Snapshot

A sharp-eyed Creole grandmother whose bustling household and watchful silences shape the world Bertrand brings a wounded, nameless stranger into.

## Who they are

Madame Delmandé returns from town to find a ragged tramp installed in her veranda corner, and her household divided between charity and suspicion. At sixty-five she is portly but active, a woman whose authority runs through servants, son, and grandson alike. Her wary tolerance of the stranger tests the very hospitality her family's name depends on, making her the quiet conscience of Bon-Accueil.

## In the story

### [A Night in Acadie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/a-night-in-acadie)

A determined young woman running away from a ball to marry André Pascal, whom she defends against accusations of laziness and drinking.

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