Character descriptions
The
mother in The umbrella man was a very distrustful and suspicious
woman. She represents a very cold person but, in the end, she has a good heart
once she feels confident and trusts again. She is middle aged. Tall. British. Determined.
The daughter is totally opposite to her mother. Mainly, she is very trusting. She is kind with strangers, maybe even naive. Also she seems curious once she feels a little suspicious about something, in this case, about the old man. She is tall as her mother. British.
The umbrella man - continuation of the story:
Poor
old man, and my mother took absolute advantage of him. What was she thinking? It
was just a pound. At least we are not getting wetter here in the rain thanks
to this silk umbrella. “Mum, are we getting a taxi now?” My mother stood there,
looking at me, not saying a word for a long period of time. She must have been
thinking really hard. At last, she opened her lips, “maybe we should do something
different today? Don’t you think so?”
My
mother was acting strangely. Something different? She loved routine and hated
the unexpected. ‘No surprises!’ she always says. Going to a cafe was something
we always did after a medical appointment. It was like a treat for us. “Mustn't we
get home, mum?”
