Jim the Boy
Kenyatta StackhouseEnglish 206Dr. Christopher Mattie Rigsbee is the main character in Clyde Edgerton's southern style novel, Walking Across Egypt. Mattie is a seventy-eight year old widow with two middle-aged children. Living alone in a small house, she makes sure that everything is taken care of. Although begins to display some signs of aging, and her family is trying to convince her to slow down her lifestyle, Mattie's character and mind setting prohibits her from becoming the stereotypical elder. She must make a decision in which direction to turn. "I'm too old to keep a dog," she says to the dogcatcher as he is leaving with a brown fice that showed up on her doorstep (Edgerton 20). "Besides, I'm slowing down," she says to her son during lunch (Edgerton 5). The stereotypes of the elderly are influencing Mattie's life. She is telling herself not to do things because of her age whether or not she is physically able to do them, simply because people associate ag!
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ugh the bottom of the rocking chair even though she was worried about injuring herself at the time it happened. And she sends her children through a loop when she decides to raise the juvenile, Wesley, in her home. Although she is beginning to display some signs of aging and her family tries desperately to have her slow her life down, Mattie Rigsbee has a strong character that is prohibiting her from becoming the stereotypical elder. She has made a decision in her life on which road that she will take to begin the rest of her life. She has not turned onto the dead-end road of reminiscence, disability and dependence, but rather onto the long, fulfilling road of life, happiness, and salvation. Life is good for Ms. Rigsbee. e with inability and dependence upon others. Her family and friends are expecting and encouraging this dependence. Elaine and Robert, Mattie's two unmarried children, along with othe
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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