Sheila Hunt Character Analysis in If Beale Street Could Talk

One of Fonny’s sisters, who is very religious like her mother and sister Adrienne. Also like Adrienne and Mrs. Hunt, Sheila disapproves of Tish and her family because they aren’t religious, and thinks that it’s Fonny’s own fault that he’s in prison, since—according to her perspective—he has led a life of sin.

Sheila Hunt Character Timeline in If Beale Street Could Talk

The timeline below shows where the character Sheila Hunt appears in If Beale Street Could Talk. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

Judgmental and proper like their mother, Fonny’s sisters Adrienne and Sheila team up against Frank and Fonny, scorning them for their lack of religious faith. Worse,... (full context)

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...dreading whatever it is Tish and her family are about to unveil. As Adrienne and Sheila file into the living room, Tish thinks about how proper and condescending they are to... (full context)

...However, he also says that the D.A. has been talking to Mrs. Hunt, Adrienne, and Sheila, who have been saying that “Fonny has always been incorrigible and worthless.” Needless to say,... (full context)

...continue to languish in jail. As the two men speak in the kitchen, Adrienne and Sheila make idle conversation in the next room, their occasional laughter setting Frank and Joseph on... (full context)

...not know how,” Tish narrates. “She would give anything to know how.” After a moment, Sheila and Adrienne leave, Frank begins to cry, and Joseph understands that “Frank loves his daughters.” (full context)