Eventually, she goes to work for Mrs. Cullinan and meets Miss Glory, a subservient African American who attempts to find the best in everything, even losing her identity and dignity. Her birth name was Hallelujah but Mrs. Cullinan renamed her Glory and she accepted this quietly with the excuse that it sounds better and is shorter. This incident occurred with Maya as well but instead of remaining quiet, she retaliated and finds a way to be fired. Maya shows herself in this chapter (Chapter Sixteen) to have a hidden fire. She valued her dignity and esteem therefore she does not sugarcoat the situation and immediately leaves. Miss Glory, in Maya’s eyes, was a fallen woman, who had nothing left, not her self-respect or independence and fears to be like her. This leads to her pity toward Miss Glory, who is unable to see that life for her could be better without servicing Mrs.
Eventually, she goes to work for Mrs. Cullinan and meets Miss Glory, a subservient African American who attempts to find the best in everything, even losing her identity and dignity. Her birth name was Hallelujah but Mrs. Cullinan renamed her Glory and she accepted this quietly with the excuse that it sounds better and is shorter. This incident occurred with Maya as well but instead of remaining quiet, she retaliated and finds a way to be fired. Maya shows herself in this chapter (Chapter Sixteen) to have a hidden fire. She valued her dignity and esteem therefore she does not sugarcoat the situation and immediately leaves. Miss Glory, in Maya’s eyes, was a fallen woman, who had nothing left, not her self-respect or independence and fears to be like her. This leads to her pity toward Miss Glory, who is unable to see that life for her could be better without servicing Mrs.