Rain Character Analysis in God Help the Child

Rain is a child who lives with Steve and Evelyn, the people who take Bride in after she crashes her Jaguar on the way to Whiskey, California. Rain is the first person to find Bride after the crash. Rain confides in Bride that she was sexually trafficked by her mother when she was younger, making her one of many characters in the novel who is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. Steve and Evelyn found Rain during a downpour (hence the name Rain), and Rain initially protested, claiming they were kidnapping her . But she ultimately grows to like living with Steve and Evelyn. During the six weeks Bride spends at Steve and Evelyn’s house, Rain grows deeply attached to her because Bride is one of the only people who listens when she talks about her past. Bride also becomes a surrogate mother figure to Rain and acts selflessly to protect Rain during a moment of danger.

Rain Character Timeline in God Help the Child

The timeline below shows where the character Rain appears in God Help the Child. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...the wife of Steve, the man who rescued Bride. They say the child’s name is Rain because that’s where they found her, though she prefers to be called Raisin. The house... (full context)

...Evelyn brings Bride some clothes, but they don’t fit, so she brings a pair of Rain’s jeans, which fit Bride perfectly. Bride wonders when she got so small. She thinks of... (full context)

...bench in the yard, Evelyn helps Bride dry her hair, and Bride asks Evelyn where Rain came from. Evelyn says they first saw Rain on the way back from some protest... (full context)

...tell her where she is. She isn’t sure what to write, though, so she asks Rain if she wants to go for a walk. On the walk, Rain tells Bride that... (full context)

Bride asks Rain what she would say to her mother if she saw her again. Rain says, “Nothing.... (full context)

After Bride recovers and leaves Steve and Evelyn’s house, Rain misses her. Before Bride left, she gave Rain a shaving brush. Rain uses it to... (full context)