Dewey Dell

Dewey Dell is a character who has many choices in front of her. Her reasoning isn't always good though. "Because I said will I or wont I when the sack was half full when we got to the woods it wont be me" Pg 27, this shows Dewey Dell's rationale in certain situations. Dewey Dell finds herself both pregnant then raped in this story.

Dewey Dell is fairly young and doesn't have the rational to choose whether or not to have sex. Her logic is if my sack is full when we get to the end of the row I will have sex with Lafe. She is letting her fate depend on a sack which Lafe manipulated by filling it. This then leads to Dewey Dell getting pregnant.

Dewey Dell later on in the story gets herself raped. She goes to MacGowan thinking he is a doctor. MacGowan tells her he is a doctor. MacGowan manipulates the situation and rapes her using her ignorance to his advantage.

Dewey Dell is very ignorant to things such as sex. She was never able to think about it properly. This is why she gets into these situations. Her mother never taught her about sex. That is why she makes the decisions she does.