| A | B |
|---|
| Alora | "He fixing to commit sideway." |
| YMRC | The place Wesley escape from. |
| Mattie | 78 yr. old woman who lives by herself |
| Mattie | "I'm slowing down." |
| Elaine | 12th grade english teacher who is trying to find herself |
| Wesley | 16 yr. old boy with stringy blonde hair and musthache |
| Paul | Mattie's dead husband |
| Elaine | Mattie's daughter |
| Robert | 43 yr. old man who dates woman about 10 yrs. younger than him |
| Beatrice | Head of Mattie's Sunday School class; Mattie dislikes her |
| Wesley | put in YMRC for stealing a car. |
| Robert | Mattie's son |
| Lamar | The dog catcher |
| Lamar | Cut Mattie out of the rocking chair |
| Alora | Carries a gun under her hankerchief |
| Robert | Fell off the ladder |
| Beatrice | call the police on Wesley |
| cakes and pies | Mattie cooks them |
| Mattie | cut's her own grass |
| Alora | noisy neighbor |
