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In the final pages of the book, as she goes into labor, Tish is at the climax of her full transformation into womanhood. What she refers to in that scene as her “change” has come. A detailed description and in-depth analysis of Tish Rivers in If Beale Street Could Talk.
- If Beale Street Could Talk: Character List - SparkNotes
Tish Rivers . The novel’s main character and narrator. Tish,...
- If Beale Street Could Talk: Character List - SparkNotes
A nineteen-year-old black woman living in Harlem, and the narrator of If Beale Street Could Talk. Despite her age, Tish is quite mature, partially because her trying circumstances have forced her to adopt an attitude of resilience. Her fiancé, Fonny, is in prison awaiting trial, having been wrongfully accused of raping a woman named Mrs. Rogers.
Tish Rivers . The novel’s main character and narrator. Tish, also called Clementine, is nineteen years old during the main action of the novel. She is the devoted and protective girlfriend of Fonny, her friend since they were very young. Tish loves Fonny passionately and is pregnant with his child.
Tish Rivers. Tish is the narrator and protagonist of If Beale Street Could Talk. The novel traces her struggle with the imprisonment of her fiancé, Fonny, as well as the events of the past that brought the characters to the events in the present. Very early in the novel, she tells Fonny that she is pregnant with his baby.
- Clementine “Tish” Rivers
- Alonzo “Fonny” Hunt
- Ernestine “Sis” Rivers
- Arnold Hayward
- Sharon Rivers
Tish is the nineteen-year-old African American narrator of If BealeStreet Could Talk. She works behind a perfume counter in a departmentstore and lives in a Harlem housing project. Deeply in love with her fiancé,Fonny, and pregnant with his child, Tish is determined to help get Fonny out ofjail after he is falsely accused of rape. Tish’s baby grows...
Fonny is a twenty-two-year-old African American sculptor from Harlem. He isin love with and engaged to Tish but is in prison: Tish informs him that she ispregnant with their child by telephone, looking through a glass wall during hisvisiting hours at the prison. Fonny was framed by a White police officer namedBell for the rape of a Puerto Rican wom...
Ernestine is Tish’s older sister. As a worker at a children’s settlementhouse, she has connections to lawyers and is able to convince Mr. Hayward totake up Fonny’s case. When Tish tells her family that she is pregnant,Ernestine reveals that she had suspected this and encourages her to not beashamed. Ernestine is a strategist: she convinces Tish tha...
Mr. Hayward is the White lawyer whom Ernestine hires to defend Fonny. Hediscovers that Victoria Rogers, the woman who accused Fonny of rape, hasreturned to Puerto Rico, and he informs Tish and her mother. Hayward isdiscouraged with this case, as the district attorney has arrested a keywitness, Daniel, to prevent him from testifying and probably als...
Sharon is Tish’s protective and loving mother. She enthusiastically supportsTish’s engagement to Fonny and is equally supportive when Tish reveals that sheis pregnant, encouraging her to not be ashamed. Sharon travels to Puerto Ricoto search for Victoria Rogers and convince her to return for Fonny’s trial; sheis ultimately unsuccessful, and Mrs. Ro...
If Beale Street Could Talk: Directed by Barry Jenkins. With KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Teyonah Parris. A young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit.
Clementine "Tish" Rivers and Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt have been friends their whole lives. They become romantically involved when they get older. In the 1970s, they struggle to find an apartment, as most New York landlords would not rent to black people .
