Laronne

Laronne is a typical mother in America who shows empathy to all other mothers going through problems in life. Her husband in the story tells her to stay out of the other people's busniess, but it is just in her motherly nature as would be other mothers who understand and go through the same problems. She even donated 50 dollars to Nella and her children one day to go to the fair. When Laronne first heard the accident she even made herself family by convincing the superintendent of the apartment building to go up to the room she lived in. Laronne went on to go as far as saying "They were my babies too,"(21). She might have done this in my mind because she felt that Nella and her family really was family because of the understanding of what Nella was going through. Nella asked what to do and since Laronne didn't believe in telling what a grown woman what to do she told her what she needed to here. Laronne told her in short to tell her to take care of herself and her kids and don't worry about the rest.
Another idea that popped into my head when thinking of Laronne is the idea of the American dream, which is also pointed out in this work. She does what noone else would, accepting all types of people to work in her library with her. Laronne understands that it is hard to get a golden opportunity in the US which is why she offers work to those who truely need it and more. She brings those people like Nella into her family and helps them more than a normal empolyer would. I mean to donate money to a woman and her children after knowing her for less than a month makes known how much everyone else means to her over herself. Laronne is truely in my mind atleast an American hero almost giving opportunity to those who are seen as lower class and don't deserve a chance in some peoples minds.
Kevin Ostempowski post 5