"She was so beautiful"(113). In the short story "Long Long After School"
             the character of Miss Tretheway is well developed, she is a kind and respectable
             woman. She was important in helping Wes through school and life. I think Miss
             Tretheway knew what Wes was going through, and she seemed to understand his
             pain and how to make him feel better. Miss Tretheway was a lot like Wes when she
             Miss Tretheway understood what was going through Wes's mind
             while he was being teased and tormented by his fellow class mates, and knew how
             to cure his emotional scars. I know this because Wes said, " I was taking Mrs.
             Banks's wash home on my sled, and you were coasting down the hill. The Basket
             upset and all the things fell out..... Miss Tretheway cam along and you all ran. She
             helped me pick up the stuff and shake the snow off it. She went with me right to
             Mrs.Banks's door and told her what happened"(114). What also happened was, Wes
             punched a hole through a window, and was going to bleed to death, but Miss
             Tretheway came and saved him from certain death. She even gave him her blood
             once she found out eachothers blood was the same. She said to Wes, "I didn't know
             whether an old maids blood would be any good to a fine young specimen like you,
             Wes, or not"(115,116). While playing a game in the school yard, a young girl would
             not hold Wes's hand, because she said he was dirty. Miss Tretheway said to the little
             girl, "Why, Marilyn, Wes's hands are much cleaner than yours...."(114). She also
             made them hold hands and she took the other hand of Wes. Miss Tretheway really
             cared for Wes and protected him from the other students, she seemed to be like a
             Miss Tretheway was very similar to Wes when she was a little girl. That
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