# Granny — North of Boston character guide

> Granny in North of Boston by Robert Frost.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0014-the-housekeeper

## Who they are

An elderly woman in the community.

## Relationships

### [Stark](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/north_of_boston_se/characters/stark)

_family_

Granny and Stark are likely grandmother and grandson, with a warm but possibly worried relationship.

## In the story

### [The Generations of Men](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/north_of_boston_se/chapters/the-generations-of-men)

Ancestral figure invoked by the young man; her imagined voice speaks in dialect, lamenting the loss of old names and urging a return to the land.

### [The Housekeeper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/north_of_boston_se/chapters/the-housekeeper)

John's mother, the housekeeper, who is bedridden and provides the account of the family's troubles.

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