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from the quotation above known from Ycidra’s thought that she misses her brother. She knows that Frank would protect her no matter what. She could tell frank about
anything that she would to tell about. Frank is the one that will always stand beside her to make sure that everything is going right.
The way Frank treated his sister, Ycidra, can also be seen from another Ycidra’s thoughts as mentioned by the writer in the following quotation.
Standing at the window, wrapped in the scratchy towel, Cee felt her heart breaking. If Frank were there he would once more touch the top of her head
with four fingers, or stroke her nape with his thumb. Don’t cry, said the fingers; the welts will disappear. Don’t cry; Mama is tired; she didn’t mean it.
Don’t cry, don’t cry girl; I’m here. But he wasn’t there or anywhere near Morrison, 2012: 53.
Frank is the one that she always thinks about when they are separated. Frank is the brother that she always runs to when she gets any problem. Frank also calms
her down when Lenore did something rude to her and told her that Lenore actually did not mean to do a bad thing to her. Take care of his own sister is the thing that
brother has to do and it is a common thing but here the writer sees Frank as a caring man because Frank does not stop to take care of Ycidra, anywhere and anytime.
c. Friendly
In this story Frank is described as a friendly man. Many people like to be his friend even though they have not met before. In this story Frank meets some new
friends after he escaped from the hospital. The first people that Frank met were Reverend John Locke and his wife Jean Locke. The writer will describe how friendly
Frank is by applying the theory of characterization that focus on speech which deals with the conversation of Frank, Mr. Locke, and his wife. Although they just met, Mr
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Locke and his wife treat Frank nicely. They also give Frank money to pay for the bus to go to Georgia Morrison, 2012: 14-19.
The second person that he met was Billy. Frank met him at the Café as mentioned as follows:
“Billy scanned the addreses and frowned. “ Forget that,” he said. “ Come on home with me. Stay over. Meet my family. You can’t leave tonight anyway.””
Morrison, 2012: 29.
The quotation above shows that Frank can easily make friends with people they just meet. Billy just met Frank in the café at that time and they have not met before but
after had conversation with him, Billy knows that Frank is a fun guy then he asks Frank to come to his house and meet his family. No one will ask a stranger to come to
their house, unless they like the stranger. The way Frank communicates with people and the respond of the people toward him are considered by the writer that Frank is a
friendly man.
d. Protective
Frank is depicted as the brother of Ycidra who is very protective to his sister. Frank loves her so much, after their mother died, Frank becomes the one who
responsible to take care of Ycidra. The writer will describe how protective Frank is by showing Ycidra’s thought.
Ycidra agreed with Thelma about her foolishness, but more than anything she wanted desperately to talk to her brother. Her letters to him were about
weather and Lotus gossip. Devious. But she knew that if she could see him, tell him, he would not laugh at her, quarrel, or condemn. He would, as always,
protect her from a bad situation Morrison, 2012: 51.
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Whenever the situation go tough, Ycidra believed that Frank will stand right beside her. From the quotation above the writer sees that Frank is a protective person. He
tries to protect his sister from any bad situation although Ycidra is not a child anymore.
2. Ycidra Cee
