Pollyanna Grows Up · Character
John Kent
A long-absent father whose name and fate hang over Jamie's story, he is the missing piece the Carew family has hunted for eight years.
supporting
Also known as Kent
First appearance: xxxi after long years
As a supporting figure in Pollyanna Grows Up, John Kent is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
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John Kent's identity surfaces through the tangled clues surrounding Jamie, the lame boy in Murphy's Alley who cannot remember his mother and whose father died without revealing his name. His disappearance is the wound…
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- Beldingsville Household
- Boston Tenement Friends
- Minor and Background Characters
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
In this passage, the emotional peak occurs as Jimmy Pendleton fully confronts his agonizing belief that Pollya…
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