Pollyanna · Character
Jennie
Pollyanna's deceased mother, mentioned in memories.
minor
Also known as Miss Jennie
First appearance: pollyanna
Jennie's tie to Pollyanna Whittier is one of the pressures that moves Pollyanna—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Jennie was Miss Polly's sister and Pollyanna's mother, who married a poor minister against her family's wishes and died years ago in the West.
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With Pollyanna Whittier (family): Jennie is Pollyanna's deceased mother, remembered with love and whose cheerful nature Pollyanna inherited. In Miss Polly: Jennie was Miss Polly's sister and Pollyanna's mother, who…
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- Family
- Other
Character groups
- Town's peripheral figures
- Belmont's core community
- Protagonist
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- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This is the story's dramatic climax because Jimmy directly confronts Miss Polly with the revelation that her p…
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