# The Woman — The Mother character guide

> The Woman in The Mother by Pearl S. Buck.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the woman, herself, hers

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

She sits spinning at her threshold while a visitor's gaze drifts to her, her stillness the quiet center of a tension she half-perceives.

## In the story

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mother_se/chapters/xiv)

The son's wife, dutiful and independent, quietly changes household ways, causing the mother's resentment.

### [The Binding of the Blind Maid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mother_se/chapters/xv)

The son's wife; cares for the mother during illness but openly complains about the blind maid's presence.

### [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mother_se/chapters/xvii)

The elder son's wife, who tends the mother carefully but is scolded and cursed by her; remains childless, a source of tension.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mother_se/chapters/xix)

The elder son's wife, who urges him to tell the mother the truth.

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