All quotes and information were taken directly from our textbook Stories to know for final exam LIT2020 Loulou or the Domestic Life of the Language Florida A Scandalous Woman A House of Flesh Racitatif Florida By Kathy Acker 1978 FOR THIS STORY and this story only I had to figure out the points of view which I found very confusing since I did not know in some parts of the story when the POV changed so some of the views may be confused however I don t think he will go that into detail on the exam Girlfriend of Johnny Johnny Granddaughter Senators Senator Mr Coward MAIN CHARACTERS after her and she could get anyone she wanted Opening narrator Dominant narrator Extremely pessimistic about life Used to be hot stuff with blonde hair and big eyes men used to drool Now she gets beaten up and shoved around Has daydreams about her wedding day Johnny calls her a stinkin whore threatening to kill her Virgin Gangster who kills people He is always more trouble than the trouble from which he s running Running from the big guys Holds the people of the hotel in order to show them who s boss Her parents died her grandfather takes care of her now away he can fight the crookedness of it Got away from politics for a while because he wanted to figure out how He wanted to fight for a better world A hostage who when the senator s granddaughter asks to help her fight the gangsters which he refuses to do because he doesn t care how he dies Later on when the granddaughter is trying to find her grandfather he tries to find out more about her because he finds her attractive Key facts Satire The setting is in the Key West Islands mostly in the island s only hotel The story is based off the movie Key Largo Uses the word cunt often The narrator is dating a gangster Johnny The narrator keeps referring to the islands as gray layers and layers of gray The phone lines are dead and there is a hurricane outside and that is why the Ends with the full lyrics to a popular song so listen girls do what you can to find a hostages cannot escape horny loving man give him all you ve got to give give him more so you can live The narrator is very pessimistic stating that people s lives for the people who live in Key West are a mess and that you grab on to whatever romance you can find until Plot All quotes and information were taken directly from our textbook it went terribly and then you d find someone else who would force you to perceive reality An old dilapidated hotel is located on the island and is run by an old croaker who wheezes instead of talking The pessimism continues when the narrator reveals that in relationships you stick with the person not because you love him but because you ve gone this far and if you give up you re throwing the trust you gave to him away The narrator is dating a gangster who she says knows how to handle her because he s cruel up to a certain point and he knows that point and he knows if he was any crueler to her that she would leave him She says that her boyfriend really cares about her because he bothers to get to know her as opposed to other people who he just kills The narrator reveals that she feels in power in her town until the boat comes she states that she can control people and can get everything she wants She refers to herself as a winner in this little hick town The narrator used to be attractive and had men drooling over her but now she gets beaten up and shoved around and even occasionally gets a gun shoved in her mouth POINTS OF VIEW SWITCH Johnny POINTS OF VIEW SWITCH The girlfriend POINTS OF VIEW SWITCH Johnny POINTS OF VIEW SWITCH a hostage to move back against the wall going through mud and water to get to her fianc at an old deserted house alone He walks into the hotel with a gun aiming to show them who s boss The narrator is dreaming that she is wearing a white dress a wedding dress She wakes up and says that she s still alone and with the grace of God she ll die A storm is coming The narrator walks into the hotel and sees a gun pointed at her face and they tell her The intruder is a guy Men are for fucking and women are for friendship as the intruder proclaims Johnny is worried because there is a storm and the boat won t come and they ll be An old guy in a wheelchair and a tall woman in a dress appear in the doorway they The girl is attractive The narrator says he wouldn t go near her if she was coated There is a hurricane outside The narrator s mummy and poppa are dead The narrator says that her parents must not have loved her because they died Her grandpa the senator takes care of her The narrator s grandpa went away for a while because he s trying to figure out how The phone lines are dead and the people can t escape because there is a hurricane The hostage asks if they are going to hurt her grandpa and the man responds that POINTS OF VIEW SWITCH the hostage the woman was just talking to who refused to do anything to stand up for the hostages stuck with the people pawns for days ask for help for the old man who is revealed to be a senator with hundred dollar bills he can fight the crookedness of politics more successfully outside probably not because he is too important a person POINTS OF VIEW SWITCH woman hostage senators granddaughter He states that he wants to kill the gangster The narrator falls asleep and wakes up hearing screaming Johnny is telling the narrator he likes his friends to be quiet about him because he is a businessman All quotes and information were taken directly from our textbook The narrator tells Johnny that all his friends are dead men and that he is a cheap dice man who s running from the big crooks and thinks he can be a big guy to the people in the hotel her and he calls her a stinkin whore and threatens to kill her one day The narrator is revealed to be a woman when she says Johnny is nothing just like POINTS OF VIEW SWITCH POINTS OF VIEW SWITCH man hostage Mr Coward The narrator goes out to find her grandfather She leaves the room knowing her grandfather is somewhere downstairs The narrator starts dreaming of her wedding day again a new woman o She is walking down the stairs in her wedding dress saying she would soon be o Her parents are at the bottom of the stairs o Her fianc was …