Mattie Rigsbee, from Walking Across Egypt by Clyde
Edgerton, is an extremely unique person. She is very bona
fide, a true
Christian, but still likes to gossip every once in a
while. Her uniqueness shows in many ways: she is the
best
cook in Listre,
North Carolina, she has the compulsion to help
others that have
less than she, and she is seventy-eight
years old and is
just now starting to "run down."
She is a very compassionate woman, she cares for
others.
She is always pestering her children about
getting
married and
having kids, or she is always trying to feed
people like Lamar
and Wesley. Her cooking is the best
around, and
somebody is at her house eating at any of the
three meals per
day she cooks. While caring for
everybody,
she still likes
to gossip with her friends. Like when she fell
through the
chair, she just had to tell all her friends about
her experience.
Even though Mattie is seventy-eight, and running
down,
she sets a
standard of responsibility for people of any age.
Her love for her
children is shown throughout the novel.
When she cooks
for her children or pesters them about
getting married
so she can have some grandchildren proves
that she cares
about their well-being very much. The
love
she radiates is
extended to more than her children, like at the
end of the novel
when she finally decides to take Wesley on
as a foster child
so he can have a nice home and so he can
go to church
every Sunday.
Through the whole book, Mattie has proven
beyond a
shadow-of-a-doubt
that she is one of the most wholesome,
good, and lovable
characters in books today. Her overall
uniqueness is a
special thing that not too many people can or
will ever hope to
have. As she and Wesley grow older, she
should realize
what a special thing she provides to the friends
and family that
she spends her time with.
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