# Mom — Short Fiction character guide

> Mom in Short Fiction by Ray Bradbury.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0029-a-little-journey

## Who they are

A maternal figure in a domestic setting.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/chapters/i)

Sim's mother, who fights to protect her children and insists there may be a future for them.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/chapters/ii)

Sim's mother, grieving the brevity of life and caring for her children.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/chapters/iii)

Sim's mother, who becomes blind and weak, hands Sim to Dark, and lies down beside her husband.

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