1 How does Jeannette's visit with Ginnie Sue compare to the rumors circulating about Ginnie in Welch? There were many rumors circulating about Ginnie in Welch. Rumor had it that Ginnie Sue was a prostitute. Her husband’s name was Clarence and they had nine children but none of them were Clarence’s. Although Ginnie Sue didn’t look like any of the women Jeanette had seen at the Green Lantern, she wanted to know more about Ginnie’s profession. Jeanette wanted to know what her kids thought of Ginnie’s profession as well. When Jeanette was invited over to Ginnie’s house by her daughter, she helped remove meat from a rooster carcass so she could make chicken rolls. After they were finished and they starting eating the rolls, Jeanette told Ginnie and her daughter all about life in California. After they were done talking and Jeanette was on her way home, she realized she hadn’t gotten answers to any of her questions. While she was talking to Ginnie Sue, she even forgot that she was a prostitute. Ginnie Sue did not fit Jeanette’s expectation of a prostitute based on what she knew in the past.…show more content… A major commonalty among all Welch residents was fighting. It wasn’t just to fend off enemies, but to fit in with the neighborhood. Since there was so little to do in Welch, it seemed like everyone in liked to fight for various reasons. There were street brawls, bar stabbings, parking-lot beatings, wife slappings, and toddler whalings. Sometimes it was simply a matter of someone throwing a stray punch, and it would all be over with before you knew it had started. It seemed like you had to fight if you wanted to fit
