Anguish Theory of Existentialism by Sartre

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3.1 Lena’s Character and Characterization

Character and characterization are the important elements in fiction. At the beginning of the sto ry, Lena’s character is described as a girl who is very unconcerned with the people around her, it can be seen in the story. Since the first time in school, Lena has become the talk of people in her school. Lena is not ashamed to drive her uncles hearse to school and wears a different outfit from most of her girls in her school. Lenas family is not accepted by the Gatlin people and everything Lena does seem to be a stran ge thing for them, but Lena doesn’t care and stay school as usual. Before the bell even rang the next day, Lena Duchannes was all everyone at Jackson could talk about. Somehow between storms and power outages, Loretta Snow and Eugenie Asher, Savanna’s and Emily’s mother, had managed to get supper on the table and call just about everyone in town to let them know that crazy Macon Revenwood’s ―relation‖ was driving around Gatlin in his hearse, which they were sure