How is madame carambeau characterized in the beginning of the story?

"A Matter of Prejudice" by Kate Chopin is a short story in which  Madame Carambeau is the main character. She is a French speaking African immigrant who is full of prejudices such as the hate for white servants and children's noises. She detests animals such as cats and dogs, and she also has prejudices against Americans, Germans and people of different religions from her own. Furthermore, she does not speak to her son because he is gay.

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

everett ross tried the pasta but liked the soup more