Evelyn Couch- Miserbale and Depressed

page 133-134/Augut 21,2010
Quote #7
Quote: “Before, during those long endless black nights when Evelyn had been awake sweating with fear and fighting visions of death and tubes and tumors growing, she wanted to scream out for help while Ed slept beside her. But she had just lain there in that dark pit of her own personal hell until morning. Lately, to her mind off that cold gun and pulling the trigger, she would close her eyes and force herself to hear Mrs. Threadgoode’s voice and if she breathed deep and concentrated she would soon see herself in Whistle Stop. She would walk down the street and do in Opal’s beauty shop and could actually feel her hair being washed with warm water, then cool, then cooler. After a comb-out she would stop by to visit with Dot Weems at the post office and then on to the café where she could see everyone so clearly, Stump and Ruth and Idgie. She would order lunch and Wilbur Weems and Grady Kilgore would wave to her. Sipsey and Onzell would smile at her and she could hear the radio from the kitchen. Everyone would ask her how she was and the sun always shining and there would always be a tomorrow…lately she slept more and more and thought of the gun less and less…When she woke this morning, Evelyn realized that she was actually looking forward to going to the nursing home. Sitting there all these weeks listening to stories about the café and Whistle Stop had become more of a reality than her own life with Ed in Birmingham.”

Evelyn was a miserable and resentful wife before she met Mrs. Threadgoode at the Rose Terrance Nursing Home. Before their meeting, she often thought about committing suicide because she was so unhappy and depressed with the way her life was going. Mrs. Threadgoode lifted her spirits and made her see the good in her life. Evelyn finally had a friend that she could count on. This quote allows the reader to see that Evelyn has not thought about committing suicide since her friendship with Mrs. Threadgoode developed. Without Mrs. Threadgoode Evelyn would probably still miserable and unhappy with the way her life has turned out.