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Jessie Mae Walts .
Jessie Mae Walts, the self-centered daughter-in-law of Carrie Walts and wife of Ludie Walts, was a woman he seemed to think the world revolved around her, Jessie is very rude and disrespectful towards Carrie, Jessie Mae is a blond middle aged woman in appearance who lives with her husband and mother in law in a suburban in Houston. Jessie is very demanding of Ludie and Carrie, and acts as if she makes no errors, when Jessie accused Carrie of losing the pension check, Carrie proves her wrong by retrieving the check from Jessie's Bureau drawer. Jessie turns it around on Carrie and starts freaking out at her for looking in her drawers, saying how much she hates that, diverting the intention away from her fault of accusing Carrie of losing the check. Jessie is also somewhat childish at times, going on and exaggerating stupid things, in inconsideration of others, when she makes up rules for Carrie at the end of the novel. I mean what wife makes up rules for their husbands mother to abide by, and when she persists to read out the rules right away in Bountiful rather than on the trip home, kind of putting a ding into a really happy moment that Carrie was trying to enjoy. .
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--SETTING.
This story initiates in a Houston, Texas apartment that Ludie is ashamed to live. The place is cheap and old fashioned to today's viewer but appropriate for the time setting of the story. The scene progresses to the bus station and bus scene. They are on a big Greyhound coach. On this bus Carrie is fortunate to meet a nice young lady whom she develops a relationship with and converses with throughout their bus ride. The most dramatic scene of the story takes place at Carrie and Ludie Walts old house in the where they both grew up. In this country town being deserted and near vacant consisting of many uncut fields and old trees with shabby looking homes is where Carrie finally arrives; her home town of Bountiful.
