Who is Norma Midge from The Dog of the South and what is their importance? The_Dog_of_the_South English & Literature Norma Midge | The Dog of the South

Wife of Ray, Norma runs away with Guy Dupree, her former husband, as he attempts to avoid prosecution for threatening the President. She accompanies Guy, as he attempts to rendezvous with a couple of politically radical photographers, finally stopping at the Dupree family farm in Belize. There, she becomes ill and eventually lands in the local hospital, to be found by Ray as he is providing assistance following a severe storm. Nursed back to health by Ray, she returns to the states with him. Eventually, Norma's restlessness kicks in once more, and she leaves Ray once again, this time to Memphis. Norma is portrayed as somewhat selfish but, as well, as a woman whose needs are not satisfied in her current marriage.