Who is Dr. and Mrs. Harrison from If He Hollers Let Him Go: A Novel and what is their importance? If_He_Hollers_Let_Him_Go English & Literature Dr. and Mrs. Harrison | If He Hollers Let Him Go: A Novel

These characters are Alice's parents, well-off, socially prominent, integrated (at least to some degree) in white society. As seen through the eyes and perceptions of narrator Jones, Alice's mother is highly image conscious, while her father is a pretentious exploiter and manipulator. But while he occasionally responds with barely veiled sarcasm to what he believes to be their true natures, because he loves and wants Alice so much, he goes along with their pretensions.