Flora's mother and a former award-winning romance novelist struggling with writer's block and marital separation, who eventually finds the courage to reunite her family.
Flora and Phyllis are mother and daughter whose relationship gradually becomes more supportive.
The plot identifies Phyllis as Flora's mother, and their strained relationship is affected by the separation between Phyllis and George.
Their damaged marriage forms a major emotional conflict that moves toward reconciliation.
The plot states that George and Phyllis have separated because of their hardships, while George hints that he does not want a divorce.
Phyllis's changing response to the squirrel ultimately places her against Miller's harsher plan.
Phyllis initially takes the squirrel to the woods to get rid of him, but Miller later captures him after tracking the family.
The journalist evaluates Phyllis's writing career during a stressful professional interview.
Phyllis faces a newspaper interview, but the journalist sees the squirrel's writings and concludes that Phyllis is in a dead end.
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