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A Mother in MannvilleThe reason that Jerry lies about having a mother is not directly stated in Marjorie Rawlings's short story "A Mother in Mannville." Readers must make inferences as to the reason. Here are some...
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A Mother in MannvilleIn 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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A Mother in MannvilleThe 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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A Mother in MannvilleThe 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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A Mother in MannvilleThe 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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A Mother in MannvilleIn "A Mother in Mannville," by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, the narrator is a writer who is staying in a cabin that belongs to a nearby orphanage. She asks for a boy to do some work for her while she...
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A Mother in MannvilleIn 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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A Mother in MannvilleThe 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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A Mother in MannvilleThe 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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A Mother in MannvilleIn 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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A Mother in MannvilleThe 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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A Mother in MannvilleIn 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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A Mother in MannvilleA 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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A Mother in MannvilleBefore 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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A Mother in MannvilleThe 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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A Mother in MannvilleThere 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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A Mother in MannvilleOne 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...
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A Mother in MannvilleIn 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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A Mother in MannvilleAuthor 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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A Mother in MannvilleIn Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's short story, "A Mother in Mannville," the word texture in paragraph twenty is used to describe the rhythm of chopping wood when Jerry returns after the first morning....