One of Eilis’s fellow residents in Mrs. Kehoe’s house, Diana is a young woman whose mother is Irish, though she herself has an American accent. Like Patty, Diana is “man-mad,” which annoys Miss McAdam, Sheila Heffernan, and Mrs. Kehoe. At first, Diana and Patty try to make friends with Eilis, but Eilis chooses not to go out with them and their friends—a decision she eventually regrets because it aligns her with Miss McAdam and Sheila.
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Diana Character Timeline in Brooklyn
The timeline below shows where the character Diana appears in Brooklyn. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part Two
...New York and, like Eilis, works in a department store in Brooklyn. There is also Diana, who lives in the basement and is Irish but speaks with an American accent. Both...
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On her first two weekends in Brooklyn, Patty and Diana invite Eilis to go out with them, but she refuses because she hasn’t been paid...
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...work, wanting to avoid the other women in the kitchen, since she’s already tired of Diana and Patty giving her advice about living in America. As she walks to work, she...
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Part Three
...weekly dance at the church, saying that it will be open to everyone. This excites Diana and Patty, but Mrs. Kehoe worries that too many Italian men will start attending the...
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At first, the church is empty, but Patty and Diana soon arrive with their friends and the music begins to pick up. When they enter,...
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...McAdam and Sheila Heffernan aren’t speaking to her. She wishes she could ask Patty and Diana if she could go to the dance with them, but they don’t invite her and...
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...that there’s a new boarder living in her old room. Her name is Dolores, and Diana and Miss McAdam come to Eilis’s door that night to talk about her. Though Eilis...
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...with Patty, who waves her over. Responding to this, she walks over to Patty and Diana’s group, and she and Patty go to the bathroom together. Patty tells her that she...
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...tells the rest of the women that Tony is Italian, trying to sooth Patty and Diana’s discomfort with the fact that none of their friends have heard of him. Hearing this,...
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...Eilis and Tony stake out a spot and begin to take off their clothes. Thankfully, Diana has already informed Eilis that people in America don’t change on the beach like they...
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...the kitchen. After Mrs. Kehoe leaves, Patty wonders why she’s in a bad mood, and Diana mischievously says that she thinks she knows, though she adds that she “heard nothing.” When...
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