# Sister Thomas — The Mule-Bone character guide

> Sister Thomas in The Mule-Bone by Langston Hughes.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Enter Sister Thomas, Sister Thomas Reverend, Sister Thomas Lord, Mrs. Thomas

**First appearance:** 0002-act-i

## Snapshot

A Methodist sister who reads the town's politics like a grocery list, certain that Joe Clark's crusade against Jim is really a strike at Elder Simms.

## Who they are

Sister Thomas bustles between porch gossip and her supper greens, but her mind is on the trial and the Methodist-Baptist war behind it. She sees through Clark's talk of stolen hens and knocked heads, insisting his real target is Elder Simms and the Methodist claim on the town. Her plainspoken suspicions give voice to the congregation's resentment and keep the church rivalry at the front of the story.

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