Katherine Anne Porter's "Flowering Judas", we find that the main character is not quite as successful and hopeful in finding their true identity. Laura has many admires, one including Braggioni, but she constantly resists them because she thinks their acts are childish. Though she does not think highly of Braggioni, she holds her feelings back and lets him continue singing and doing things for her. She also helps smuggle items and pass messages back and forth between people in jail and those associated with them outside. Her big problem is that she does not know how to say "no." She ...