Character Description

I think Silvia is one of those women who like to be well dress and look pretty even though she is not planning to go out, and wear cute brand clothes.  “She had on a brand new apron. It was cute; she’d call it, probably from an expensive department store” (51). I also think that Sylvia doesn’t really like to cook or knows how to cook, and that the only reason why she cooks is because of her husband. As a housewife she has the responsibility to feed the family but in this case she pays more attention to Cloyd than Sonny. Furthermore, I think Sylvia is one of those modern women who buy a lot of can/frozen food.  Sylvia doesn’t want to upset her husband by telling/showing him that she didn’t make the delicious salsa Cloyd like, and that she had bought it from the store. To me it seems like Sylvia is a young woman who still wants to have fun with her friends and is one of those persons who doesn’t like to give explanations of her actions. “That’s who I’m going with is all…I haven’t seen her since I moved here” (82). A few times I thought Sylvia was hiding something from Cloyd and Sonny and got to the point were it seemed like she wasn’t really going to meet with one of” her friends”. This is because before she had married Cloyd she used to talk to different men. In conclusion, I think Sylvia is one of those mothers who don’t like to show the love she has for her children because it was weird when she would tell Sonny something sweet. Sylvia is more open to her husband than to his son and sometimes I think that’s one of the reasons why Sonny does the things he does. Sonny doesn’t really like someone to advice him or guide him because most of the times he’s on the streets bowling or just getting a bad example from the wrong people.