Character Relationship Map: Spitfire

Characters

• Trigger Hicks (played by Katharine Hepburn) — protagonist
• John Stafford (played by Robert Young) — protagonist
• George Fleetwood (played by Ralph Bellamy) — supporting
• Eleanor Stafford (played by Martha Sleeper) — supporting
• Bill Grayson (played by Louis Mason) — supporting
• Etta Dawson (played by Sara Haden) — supporting
• Granny Raines (played by Virginia Howell) — supporting
• Jim Sawyer (played by Sidney Toler) — supporting
• West Fry (played by Will Geer) — supporting
• Jake Hawkins (played by John Beck) — minor

Key Relationships

• Trigger Hicks → Etta Dawson (Social Community Member)
• John Stafford → Bill Grayson (Professional Colleague)
• Trigger Hicks → Jake Hawkins (Conflict Community Accuser)
• Trigger Hicks → West Fry (Conflict Community Accuser)
• Trigger Hicks → Jim Sawyer (Conflict Law Enforcement)
• Trigger Hicks → Granny Raines (Social Elder Influence)
• John Stafford → George Fleetwood (Professional Colleague)
• Trigger Hicks → John Stafford (Romantic Interest)
• John Stafford → Eleanor Stafford (Romantic Spouse)

Story Analysis

Prejudice vs. Individual Rights

Plot Progression

1. Mountain Outcast
2. Modern Intrusion
3. Moral Crisis
4. Desperate Appeal