Analysis Of A Mother In Mannville

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In “ A Mother In Mannville” by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Jerry inspires in the narrator motherly feelings; he displays to her integrity, thoughtfulness, responsibility and friendship.At the beginning, Jerry impressis the narrator with his integrity. After breaking the ax handle, he conveys that he would pay for the ax. Due to, the fact that, “{he} brought the ax down careless” (211). Here, his affection shows through the intention that honesty will give her more motherly love for him. Furthermore, the narrator does not believe that he could chop lots of wood; however, to her surprise, “there were cherry logs{,}heavy roots of rhododendron, and blocks from the waste pine and oak” (210). Jerry’s determination of having a bond with this woman,

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