WildGingerHannah

Because Wild Ginger is half Oriental and half French, she reminds me of the main character in The Color of Water. I think that she has some psycological problems from feeling like she doesn't belong to either race. Also, the pain the she is feeling from not having a father figure around and seeing her mother's dead body must be unimaginable. I think that WG likes to stand up for Maple so much because she feels like no one ever stood up for her when she was younger. Although her mother probably tried her best to take care of her, it must have been extremely hard to raise a child with very little income all by herself. I also think that WG would make a great canidate for the Red Guards because she isn't super controlling but still knows how to keep collectiveness between people. She is very caring inside, but she just doesn't let anyone know. It's also tough for her to be taking care of herself at such a young age without any help from any type of guardian, eventhough Maple does help her out.