Jerry's Character Analysis

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"I don't understand" she said "he has no mother. He has no skates". As soon as she heard this she was hurt that Jerry lied to her. he was sad and mad that he lied and that he has no mother. well as soon as she was leaving the lady said " he has no mother, but he does have a father". Jerry's mother died 7 years ago in a car accident ,when the car hit a bigger truck. After the accident Jerry's father, kevin, felt he was not able to take care of Jerry all by himself.

After the conversation the narrator wondered where kevin, jerry's father, was. The narrator wanted to find jerry's dad.

Four days later jerry went back to the cabin to cut wood and do some chores for the narrator. While jerry was talking to her he gave her the gloves that he got for her. She was happy, but the she told jerry "why have you been lying to me?" Jerry was looking worried and said " what do you mean ?". She, the narrator, told him everything that the lady at the orphanage said. after she said " why didn't you say that you don't have a mother " Jerry stood quietly thinking when he said " I didn't want to tell you anything, because i didn't want you to feel bad for me ". After these words she felt a deep emotion. …show more content…

Later that day they both went to the orphanage to see what they can find about kevin. While they were there they found out that his dad is living 134 miles from the

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