Pollyanna · Character

Mrs. Snow

Bedridden and sharp-tongued, Mrs. Snow receives Pollyanna's glad-game visits with skepticism, then finds her own hands busy knitting bright worsteds she can still be glad about.

supporting

Also known as Mrs. Snow, Mis' Snow

First appearance: X: A Surprise for Mrs. Snow

As a supporting figure in Pollyanna, Mrs. Snow is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

A sick, fretful woman who initially resists Pollyanna's cheerfulness but begins to respond to the Glad Game.

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Mrs. Snow belongs to the small circle of shut-ins Pollyanna is sent to cheer, a woman whose invalid's routine has hardened into complaint and whose sharpness tests even her caretakers' patience. Her resistance to Pollyanna's cheerfulness is not cruelty so much as habit: she has learned to measure life by what she has lost. When she begins knitting with bright worsteds and counting her two good teeth as a reason for gladness, she becomes the story's clearest proof that the game can take root in the most unlikely ground.

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Character Web

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Belmont's core community
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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Pollyanna Whittier
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Pollyanna Whittier
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Pollyanna Whittier
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Pollyanna Whittier
Mrs. Snow is a bedridden, bitter invalid whom Pollyanna visits and gradually transforms through the glad game, shifting her from misery to hope.
Pollyanna Whittier
Mrs. Snow is a bedridden, bitter invalid whom Pollyanna visits and gradually transforms through the glad game, shifting her from misery to hope.
Pollyanna Whittier
Mrs. Snow is a bedridden, bitter invalid whom Pollyanna visits and gradually transforms through the glad game, shifting her from misery to hope.

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Mrs. Snow appears across 3 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

Pollyanna Pays a Visit
A sick, fretful woman who initially resists Pollyanna's cheerfulness but begins to respond to the Glad Game.
X: A Surprise for Mrs. Snow
Receives a visit from Pollyanna with broth, chicken, and jelly; complains about a neighbor's piano but is gently redirected by Pollyanna.
XI: Introducing Jimmy
Pollyanna visits Mrs. Snow to bring calf's-foot jelly. Mrs. Snow is learning to play the glad game under Pollyanna's instruction.

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