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The Optimists Daughter   The major(ip) characters in The Optimists Daughter are figure McKelva, Becky Mckelva, Laurel Mckelva, Wanda Fay, Dr. Courtland, run Adele Courtland, Tish Bullock, major(ip) Bullock, Miss Tennyson, and Miss bit. Becky Mckelva was figure Mckelvas wife before she died and had Laurel Mckelva with him. Wanda Fay remarried justness Mckelva after his wifes death. Dr. Courtland did surgery on Becky Mckelva and the final operation on Judge Mckelva. Miss Adele Courtland is the sister of Dr. Courtland and is a brides maid to Laurel McKelva. Tish Bullock is withal a brides maid to Laurel and is the daughter of Miss Tennyson and Major Bullock. Miss Tennyson is another brides maid to Laurel McKelva and is married to Major Bullock. Miss Missouri is the maid to the McKelvas and a long time friend of the family.   3.1 Two main(prenominal) characters in The Optimists Daughter are Wanda Fay and Laurel McKelva. Wanda Fay is a woman in her 40s and has the maturity of a child. Whenever she becomes mad, Fay starts to scream, point fingers, and search out people who go away help her. She can not stand up and fight for herself, alternatively Fay uses tactics to key out her opponent feel sorry or inferior. This makes her passing hard to get along with since she is always demanding and never giving. Laurel McKelva is the exhaust opposite of Wanda Fay. She is kind hearted, nice, caring, and intelligent. Laurel has a air of maturity and rationality around her due to her experiences in life.   3.3 In "The Optimists Daughter" Judge McKelva testament soon enter eye surgery to fix a slipped retina. Judge McKelva, his daughter, Laurel, and his new wife, Fay, are all anxious about the surgery and what might happen. Laurels mother died from cancer that started with her eyes and the family fears that the judge might be suffering from the same illness. The surgery symbolizes a fear that is contained by the trio main characters and is a form of foreshadowing. As mentioned by Laurel several(prenominal) times, she fears that her father might not make it out of the operation and die, homogeneous her mother, blind and confused. I predict that Judge McKelva will not make it through the surgery or he will die unawares afterwards. With such a sudden death, Laurel and Fay will not nurture time to say good-bye to him and this will lead to complications later in the book.