Two Trains Running | Characters
Bubba Boy
Bubba Boy is deeply in love with his wife. When she dies of a drug overdose, he steals a dress for her and is arrested.
Aunt Ester
Aunt Ester is an old black woman who tells fortunes and helps people find relief. Holloway claims that she is three hundred and twenty-two years old, which means that she is about as old as African slavery in North America, and this correspondence suggests that she may symbolize the black experience in the United States. She gives advice about how to cope with life rather than change circumstances, and she...
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