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The Optimists female child   The major characters in The Optimists Daughter are arbiter McKelva, Becky Mckelva, laurel Mckelva, Wanda Fay, Dr. Courtland, throw off Adele Courtland, Tish hint, major(ip) Bullock, dangle Tennyson, and Miss Missouri. Becky Mckelva was Judge Mckelvas wife before she break offd and had medallion Mckelva with him. Wanda Fay remarried Judge Mckelva after his wifes death. Dr. Courtland did surgical process on Becky Mckelva and the final transaction on Judge Mckelva. Miss Adele Courtland is the sister of Dr. Courtland and is a brides maid to laurel McKelva. Tish Bullock is also a brides maid to Laurel and is the daughter of Miss Tennyson and Major Bullock. Miss Tennyson is a nonher brides maid to Laurel McKelva and is married to Major Bullock. Miss Missouri is the maid to the McKelvas and a long time friend of the family.   3.1 twain main characters in The Optimists Daughter are Wanda Fay and Laurel McKelva. Wanda Fay is a woman i n her 40s and has the due date of a child. Whenever she becomes mad, Fay starts to scream, point fingers, and search out hatful who will help her. She can not stand up and press out for herself, instead Fay uses tactics to make her opponent feel sorry or inferior. This makes her extremely hard to get along with since she is always demanding and never giving. Laurel McKelva is the complete opposite of Wanda Fay. She is kind hearted, nice, caring, and intelligent. Laurel has a air of maturity and understanding around her due to her experiences in life.   3.3 In "The Optimists Daughter" Judge McKelva will soon enter eye surgery to fix a slipped retina. Judge McKelva, his daughter, Laurel, and his new wife, Fay, are all anxious about the surgery and what king happen. Laurels mother died from cancer that started with her eyes and the family fears that the judge might be suffering from the same illness. The surgery symbolizes a fear that is contained by the three main c haracters and is a form of foreshadowing. As mentioned by Laurel several times, she fears that her father might not make it out of the operation and die, like her mother, blind and confused. I predict that Judge McKelva will not make it through the surgery or he will die shortly afterwards. With such a sudden death, Laurel and Fay will not have time to say good-bye to him and this will lead to complications later in the book.