Bastard Out of Carolina
By Dorthy Alison
Setting
Main Character
Mama
"You're my pride. Do you know? You and your sister are all I really have, all I ever will have. You think I could let you grow up to be like that?" (Bastard out of Carolina, 94)
Store Manager
Plot
Rising Action: The girl's mother finds out that the tootsie rolls were stolen from the candy shop and talks to her daughter about what outcomes come from stealing.
Climax: The girl is forced to go return the remaining tootsie rolls to the store manager of the candy shop.
Falling Action: The girl talks to the store manager, but finds her self more resentful than ashamed.
Resolution: The store owner bans the girl from his shop for awhile.
Tone
Main Conflicts
There are only two main internal conflict in the story. This was between the girl knowing that she should feel ashamed for what she had done, but instead feeling nothing but rage. "I knew I was supposed to feel ashamed, but I didn't anymore. I felt outraged."(Bastard out of Carolina, 97). Another internal conflict is when Mama says that her daughter is her pride, but she is worried that she will become like her cousin, Tommy Lee, whom is a thief himself. "You're my pride. Do you know? You and your sister are all I really have, all I ever will have. You think I could let you grow up to be like that?" (Bastard out of Carolina, 94)