# Mary Cuberle — Short Fiction character guide

> Mary Cuberle in Short Fiction by Charles Beaumont.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Cuberle

**First appearance:** 0000-the-beautiful-people

## Snapshot

Eighteen and flawless in a world that manufactures beauty, Mary Cuberle sits in a psychiatrist's waiting room and cannot stop watching the disaster on the wall.

## Who they are

Mary is the daughter Mrs. Cuberle has brought to Dr. Hortel after 'those terrible things' she confessed at home, and she waits through a three-hour appointment with a patience that reads as dread. Where her mother flips past images of slender, tanned, identical women without a thought, Mary studies the Mayoraka Disaster until she has to shut her eyes, then studies the magazines and wonders how to answer the questions coming. Her revulsion at the screen and her fear of the examination are the first cracks in a society that has decided what a person should be.

## Relationships

### [The Doctor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/characters/the_doctor)

_psychological_

Mary Cuberle appears to be under the doctor's care or observation, suggesting a manipulative or therapeutic dynamic.

### [Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/characters/mother)

_family_

Mary Cuberle and Mother are clearly family, with a maternal bond that may be strained or nurturing.

### [Daddy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/characters/daddy)

_family_

Daddy is Mary Cuberle's father, indicating a paternal relationship with potential authority or affection.

### [Mr. Willmes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/characters/mr_willmes)

_social_

Mary Cuberle and Mr. Willmes are acquaintances, possibly neighbors or community members.

### [Dr. Hortel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/characters/dr_hortel)

_psychological_

Dr. Hortel may be treating or studying Mary Cuberle, indicating a clinical or manipulative dynamic.

### [Grandpa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/characters/grandpa)

_family_

Grandpa is Mary Cuberle's grandfather, indicating a familial bond with possible warmth or generational tension.

### [Shala](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/characters/shala)

_friendship_

Mary Cuberle and Shala are friends or close companions, sharing personal moments.

### [The Doctor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/characters/the_doctor)

_psychological_

Mary Cuberle appears to be under the doctor's care or observation, suggesting a manipulative or therapeutic dynamic.

### [Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/characters/mother)

_family_

Mary Cuberle and Mother are clearly family, with a maternal bond that may be strained or nurturing.

### [The Doctor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/characters/the_doctor)

_psychological_

Mary Cuberle appears to be under the doctor's care or observation, suggesting a manipulative or therapeutic dynamic.

### [Daddy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/characters/daddy)

_family_

Daddy is Mary Cuberle's father, indicating a paternal relationship with potential authority or affection.

### [Mr. Willmes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/characters/mr_willmes)

_social_

Mary Cuberle and Mr. Willmes are acquaintances, possibly neighbors or community members.

## In the story

### [The Beautiful People](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/chapters/the-beautiful-people)

An 18-year-old girl who refuses the societal Transformation, preferring her natural, imperfect body.

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