Character Sketch For Shiloh
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In Bobbie Ann Mason’s story “Shiloh” she presents the character of Norma Jean
as having a strong personality but an emptiness deep within. Norma Jean is presented as
a strong character on the outside in the opening of the story. “She lifts three-pound
dumbbells to warm-up, the progresses ....
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.... toward her. Her deceased son symbolizes her emptiness
because of his death.
In the beginning of the story Norma Jean tries to conceal the emptiness that she
has felt for so many years. Mason first presents her as a strong character by explaining
how she works out and would like to become stronger. She may become stronger
physically, but nothing can overcome the emptiness which she feels. Norma Jean tries to
help her husband get a job, and she gives him a variety of ideas for this ....
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Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
