# Sary Jones — Quicksand character guide

> Sary Jones in Quicksand by Nella Larsen.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sary

**First appearance:** 0022-xx

## Who they are

A woman in the Alabama community where Helga lives.

## Relationships

### [Helga Crane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/quicksand_se/characters/helga_crane)

_social_

Sary Jones is a fellow teacher at Naxos whose mundane concerns contrast with Helga's intellectual and emotional turmoil.

### [Helga Crane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/quicksand_se/characters/helga_crane)

_social_

Sary Jones is a fellow teacher at Naxos whose mundane concerns contrast with Helga's intellectual and emotional turmoil.

## In the story

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/quicksand_se/chapters/xxiii)

A local woman with six children who advises Helga to accept her hardships as natural and trust in God, embodying the community's resigned attitude.

### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/quicksand_se/chapters/xxv)

Recalled by Helga as an example of the blind faith in 'pie in the sky' that she now derides.

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