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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
a. Tough
In this novel Ycidra is described as a tough person. It can bee seen from the way she reacted when her grandmother treated her. She does not let Ycidra to sleep in the
bedroom. During those years living in the discomfort place Ycidra and her parents sleep on the floor, on a thin pallet. She accepted all of the bed treatment that her
grandmother did. She did not complain for a better place to sleep Morrison, 2012:45.
The toughness of Ycidra can be seen from Lenore’s thought as stated in the quotation below:
Lenore took it is as a very bad sign for Cee’s future that she was born on the road. Decent women, she said, delivered babies at home, in a bed attended to
by good Christian women who knew what to do. Although only street women, prostitutes, went to hospital when they got pregnant, at the least they had a
roof overhead when their baby came. Being born in street or the gutter, as she usually put it-was prelude to a sinful, worthless life Morrison, 2012: 44.
Lenore’s gave bed impression on Ycidra. Lenore’s mouth was sharper than a knife when she told her that she was a girl who was born on street without any birth
certificate. She mocked on Ycidra every day but Ycidra did not resist.
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Since Yacidra’s mother, Ida died, she decided to work at Bobby Restaurant. She would not rely on her grandmother anymore. She had no choice except working
because Frank left the town long before their mother died.
b. Uneducated
In Home, Ycidra is described as an uneducated girl. It can bee seen when she was interviewed for a job. She states that she did not take any school but she could
read and write. She also mentions that she ever worked as a cashier Morrison, 2012: 59-60. Ycidra’s statement that she did not take any formal school shows that she is
an uneducated girl. The job that someone takes describes their educational level. In Home, Ycidra
works as a waiter then a maid for a doctor in Atlanta Morrison, 2012: 53-60. The jobs, such as maid, cook, and servant do not need any special skills. The ending of
World War II, education plays the big role in shaping the American class structure includes the African Americans who obtained more education rather than their
parents had. It helps the blacks to get a better job. Middle class jobs required at least graduated from high school Thernstrom and Thernstrom, 1997: 189-190.
The writer sees Ycidra as an uneducated girl by her own statement which tells that she does not take education in school. The writer sees also by Ycidra’s Job, the
job that Ycidra takes is the job with no skill and knowledge requirement. Those jobs are offered for them who lack of job skills and uneducated.
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c. Hard working
