Shoofly Pie Character Analysis

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In the beginning of “Shoofly Pie” Johnny isn’t at the restaurant due to the fact his grandfather died back in Alabama. When he returned he met a new employee, Mattie. They bunt heads over everything. Mattie wanted to bring in new recipes, but Johnny wanted to keep things the same. In the story it clearly states, “He kept insisting there were granules of raw sugar on the floor under his feet.” He made Mattie sweep when he had food placed on the counters, but when Mattie retorted that it was unsanitary to sweep around the kitchen with the food placed on the counters it put Johnny in a funk. Mattie’s thoughts about Johnny were he was rude and he was in the military because she referred to him as general and that they should branch out. Johnny’s
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