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In "A Mother in Mannville," why does Jerry lie about having a mother?
Jerry is an orphan, and so it's inevitable that he keenly feels the lack of a mother. That being the case, it's understandable that he should lie about having one. He's using his rich, vivid...
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What character traits does Jerry have in "A Mother In Mannville?"
In Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's short story, "A Mother in Mannville," Jerry is hardworking, trustworthy, and imaginative. Jerry is an orphan who lives at the orphanage where the narrator rents a...
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Who are the characters in "A Mother in Mannville" by Marjorie Rawlings?
The characters in the short story "A Mother in Mannville," by Marjorie Rawlings are the narrator, Jerry, the narrator's pointer dog, and Miss Clark from the orphanage. The narrator is a writer....
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In "A Mother in Mannville," by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, why did Jerry lie about having a mother?
The narrator in "A Mother in Mannville" by Marjorie K. Rawlings, describes Jerry as a boy with integrity. She describes it: "My father had it--there is another of whom I am almost sure--but almost...
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How did the narrator feel about Jerry lying in the short story "A Mother in Mannville"?
The reader must make an inference as to how the narrator feels about Jerry lying in Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings short story "A Mother in Mannville." The narrator doesn't find out the truth until the...
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From lines 33-44 of “A Mother in Mannville,” what can you infer about the boy from his reaction to the narrator's...
In Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' short story "A Mother in Mannville," the narrator recounts her relationship with Jerry, a young boy from the orphanage near where she rents a cabin for a time. Rawlings...
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How do the narrator's first impressions of Jerry's ability in "A Mother in Mannville," by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings,...
The narrator's first impressions of Jerry are none too encouraging. He comes across as such a slight, scrawny creature—certainly not someone you'd think would be any good at chopping wood. Yet when...
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Why did you like "A Mother in Mannville" and what caught your attention in this story?
The first thing that attracts me to this story is the beautifully descriptive language Rawlings uses. She describes the Carolina mountains in such detail that I feel like I've been there. Below is...
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Why does Jerry make up a story about having a mother in Mannville?
The short story "A Mother in Mannville" is narrated by a writer who has gone to a remote location in the Carolina mountains to work on a story. The cabin she rents is on the property of an...
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What does the narrator learn from her visit to Miss Clark in A Mother in Mannville?
Before the narrator leaves the cottage, she drops off her cabin key and some money for her electric bill to Miss Clark. During the short visit, she asks Miss Clark if she will summon Jerry so that...
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In what ways do Jerry and the narrator find closeness and strength in their relationship in "A Mother in Mannville"?
The narrator is initially impressed by Jerry's work ethic. Even though he is a small orphan boy, he is able to chop firewood like a man. He proves his trustworthiness in the hard work he executes...
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In "A Mother in Mannville," what did Jerry want to buy for himself?
There is nothing directly stated in Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's short story "A Mother in Mannville" that Jerry wants to buy for himself. He tells the narrator that he wants to buy a pair of white...
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What do you learn about Jerry's character from the way he behaves?
In Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' short story "A Mother in Mannville," readers learn a great deal about Jerry from his actions or the way he behaves. 1. He is hardworking. There is evidence for this in...
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What two friendships does Jerry develop at the cabin?
A Mother in Mannville by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings is a story of a narrator who rents a cabin in the Carolina mountains to write in peace and quiet; she also appears to be native to the region and...
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Why does the narrator in "A Mother In Mannville" have no name?
The short story "A Mother in Mannville" follows the narrator as she meets a young man named Jerry who claims to be receiving gifts from his mother, who has gone away and left him at the orphanage....
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When Jerry arrives at the cabin for the first time in "A Mother in Mannville," the narrator's dog stops barking. Why?
The story does not make it explicitly clear why the dog doesn't bark at Jerry the first time he approaches the cottage. The reader can interpret it as foreshadowing, however. When dogs that...
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What does Jerry have that some of other boys at the orphanage don't have?
In Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings short story, "A Mother in Mannville," the only thing that Jerry has that other boys at the orphanage don't have is a relationship with the narrator and her dog, Pat. In...
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What impresses the narrator the most about Jerry?
In Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings short story "A Mother in Mannville," what impresses the narrator the most about Jerry is his integrity. This is stated in the following quote: "His name was Jerry; he...
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Does anybody know the last name of Jerry in "A Mother in Mannville" by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings?
Author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings never reveals the last name of the young orphan boy, Jerry, in her short story "A Mother in Mannville." Marjorie comes to appreciate Jerry's tireless work around her...
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What is the definition of texture as it is used in paragraph 20 in "A Mother in Mannville"?
The word "texture" in paragraph 20 of "A Mother in Mannville," by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, is used to describe Jerry's wood chopping. The first two lines of the paragraph read, At daylight I was...
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Why does the narrator leave to go to Mexico?
One can safely infer that the narrator is planning on going to Mexico in order to write. She is, after all, a writer, and in the story she's headed up to a remote cottage in the Carolina Mountains...