# Mamie — The Fire in the Flint character guide

> Mamie in The Fire in the Flint by Walter White.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Minnie Baxter

**First appearance:** 0005-iii

## Who they are

A Black woman in the community, possibly a domestic worker, who interacts with the Harper family.

## Relationships

### [Bob Harper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_fire_in_the_flint_se/characters/bob_harper)

_romantic_

Bob is romantically involved with Mamie, though their relationship is complicated by social pressures and Bob's internal conflicts.

### [Kenneth Harper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_fire_in_the_flint_se/characters/kenneth_harper)

_social_

Kenneth knows Mamie through his brother Bob, and their interactions are cordial but distant, centered around family and social gatherings.

### [Kenneth Harper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_fire_in_the_flint_se/characters/kenneth_harper)

_social_

Kenneth knows Mamie through his brother Bob, and their interactions are cordial but distant, centered around family and social gatherings.

### [Bob Harper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_fire_in_the_flint_se/characters/bob_harper)

_romantic_

Bob is romantically involved with Mamie, though their relationship is complicated by social pressures and Bob's internal conflicts.

### [Bob Harper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_fire_in_the_flint_se/characters/bob_harper)

_romantic_

Bob is romantically involved with Mamie, though their relationship is complicated by social pressures and Bob's internal conflicts.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_fire_in_the_flint_se/chapters/i)

Kenneth's sister, a teacher who shares Bob's sense of living on a volcano, aware of the repulsive experiences faced by Black women.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_fire_in_the_flint_se/chapters/iii)

Assists Kenneth in making contacts to build his practice.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_fire_in_the_flint_se/chapters/iv)

Mentioned as the only teacher in the Black school with education beyond the sixth or seventh grade.

### [Chapter V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_fire_in_the_flint_se/chapters/v)

Chides Kenneth for being a hermit and brings him to the parlour to see Jane Phillips. She teases him about his description of Jane as a child.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_fire_in_the_flint_se/chapters/vi)

Attends church with Kenneth and Bob.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_fire_in_the_flint_se/chapters/xiv)

Reflects on her unwillingness to marry a man beneath her in intelligence and ideals, a quiet tragedy.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_fire_in_the_flint_se/chapters/xvii)

Reveals the assault to her mother, her trauma triggering Bob's rampage.

### [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_fire_in_the_flint_se/chapters/xx)

Recently assaulted and traumatized; her condition adds to Kenneth's anguish.

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_fire_in_the_flint_se/chapters/xxiii)

Comforts Jane, crying with her over the tragedy.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_fire_in_the_flint_se/characters/mamie
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_fire_in_the_flint_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_fire_in_the_flint_se/characters