# Susan Graves — There Is Confusion character guide

> Susan Graves in There Is Confusion by Jessie Redmon Fauset.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Miss Susan Graves, Susan, Miss Graves, Aunt Susan

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

A kind older woman who boards with the Marshall family and offers wisdom.

## In the story

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

Susan Graves is Peter's maternal aunt, a tall, stout, yellow woman with sad eyes. She takes in Peter after his father's death and reflects on his character and future.

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

Miss Susan Graves takes Peter in after Meriwether's death. She is a proud member of the Graves family, a clan with a tradition of intermarriage, and she works as a housekeeper. She is conflicted between spoiling Peter and driving him to responsibility.

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