Home by Toni Morrison is a 2012 novel about Frank Money, an African-American man from

Georgia who struggles after returning from the Korean War. After receiving a letter indicating
that his sister, Cee, is in danger, Frank covertly leaves the psychiatric hospital where is he being
treated.

Beau: Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III was an American politician, lawyer, and officer in the Army
Judge Advocate General's Corps from Wilmington./ a rich, fashionable young man; a dandy.

Frank Money: Frank Money is twenty-four years old and a veteran of the Korean War. He
receives a mysterious anonymous note telling him to travel to Atlanta, Georgia, to rescue his
sister Cee, urging him to come quickly because if he is tardy Cee might be dead before he gets
there. Frank Money, a 24-year-old African-American veteran of the Korean War, and his
journey home.

Cee, the protagonist in Home, is subjected to medical experiments conducted on her

reproductive organs. ... Beau, like Sims, used Morphine to subdue his patients to do destructive
experiments, like the kind that lead to Cee's health crisis and rendered her unable to have
children in the future.

Frank and Cee bury the dead man's bones in front of a sweet bay tree. On the sweet bay
tree, Frank nails a sign that reads, "Here Stands A Man" (145). The dead man has come to
symbolize the brutality that African Americans have experienced.

Lily: The protagonist of the novel, Lily Bart, is a beautiful young woman searching for the right
husband who will give her the money and status to remain in upper-class New York social
circles.

he main characters in Home are Frank Money, Ysidra Cee Money,

Lenore, Dr. Beau, and Ethel Fordman.
 Frank Money is the protagonist and a veteran of the Korean
War suffering from past-traumatic stress disorder.

 Ysidra Cee Money is Frank's sister, who longs for both

independence and the support of her older brother.

 Lenore is Frank and Cee's grandmother, whose attitude was

marked by racism and sexism.

 Dr. Beau is a eugenicist who ensnares Cee in his experiments.

 Ethel Fordham is a citizen of Lotus who helps nurse Cee back
to health and acts as a maternal figure to her.