Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit Character Sketch (0)

Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson
Character Sketch – Louie
Louie is a mother of Jeanette, the narrator of the novel . She plays an important role in the life of the main character.
She was plump and pretty . Drunkards, she used to urge to join her at the church , called her the Jesus Belle. She was loved by men and attracted attention , many of drunkards stopped in the street when Jeanette’s mother walked past and raised their hats to her.
She was very religious person . Louie considered church as her family more than her own family. “My mother stood up and said she believed this was right: that women had specific circumstances for their ministry, that the Sunday School was one of them , the Sisterhood another , but the message belonged to the men.” She believed that praying could solve all the problems and people like her were meant to be separated from others . She did not have many friends because people did not understand her, not even Jeanette. But Jeanette looked up to her because she had had always an answer , knowledge why did things happen .
Louie saw the world in two categories: friends and enemies. “She had never heard of mixed feelings.” Devils were daily talking point and