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Foreign Soil

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Maxine Beneba Clarke
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Eddison William Character Analysis

In “Hope,” Eddison William is Millie and Winston’s baby. Millie loves her baby immediately and doesn’t seem to consider how he will hamper her ability to make a better life for herself. Winston’s reaction to the realization that he and Millie have a child together at the end of the story is ambiguous. Though he’s just told Millie he wants to marry her and move to England, it’s not clear if he still wants to do this after finding out about the baby.

Eddison William Quotes in Foreign Soil

The Foreign Soil quotes below are all either spoken by Eddison William or refer to Eddison William. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Hope Quotes

As Willemina’s health deteriorated, it became clear that the young girl was being groomed to take over the sewing shop. Staffing the shop by day and working on alterations in the early evenings, baby Eddison slung tightly around her chest, Millie never had time to stop and think about whether the shop was the good fortune she had wanted for herself. At least, not until the day Winston turned up again.

Related Characters: Millie Lucas, Willemina, Winston Gray, Eddison William
Page Number: 50-51
Explanation and Analysis:
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Eddison William Quotes in Foreign Soil

The Foreign Soil quotes below are all either spoken by Eddison William or refer to Eddison William. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Place Theme Icon
).
Hope Quotes

As Willemina’s health deteriorated, it became clear that the young girl was being groomed to take over the sewing shop. Staffing the shop by day and working on alterations in the early evenings, baby Eddison slung tightly around her chest, Millie never had time to stop and think about whether the shop was the good fortune she had wanted for herself. At least, not until the day Winston turned up again.

Related Characters: Millie Lucas, Willemina, Winston Gray, Eddison William
Page Number: 50-51
Explanation and Analysis:
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