In the fourth chapter of her novel Delta Wedding, Eudora Welty utilizes Troy Flavin, Dabney’s fiancé, and Tempe, Dabney’s aunt, to represent the trifling efforts of attempting to be accepted in the Fairchild household. While aiding Dabney’s mother, Ellen, with polishing goblets, Troy manages to bring forth her motherly disposition by speaking of his homelife, his sisters, and the quilts his mother makes. He also strives to relate to her once being an outsider of the family as he is now. However, his endeavor could be proven senseless when Aunt Tempe arrives. She is informed by India, Dabney’s sister, that Uncle George has been abandoned by his wife, Robbie Reid, for reasons unknown. Aunt Tempe proceeds to degrade Robbie, who was also once