# The Young Man — The Mother character guide

> The Young Man in The Mother by Pearl S. Buck.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the young man, your

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

Quick, brown, and light on his feet like his father, he is the mother's favorite, slipping away from his brother's blows to wander.

## In the story

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mother_se/chapters/ix)

The mother's young son who boasts of being 'man enough' and refuses to call the cousin.

### [The Unyielding Seed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mother_se/chapters/xi)

The younger son, willful and eager to follow his brother if he leaves.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mother_se/chapters/xii)

The younger son, quick and clever, remarks that he never noticed anything wrong with his sister's eyes, and later makes a sharp comment about her blindness.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mother_se/chapters/xiii)

The younger son is idle and fond of gaming. He avoids work and his elder brother's wrath by hiding at the cousin's house, and he is the mother's favorite.

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

The younger son, indulged by his mother, is beaten by his elder brother and runs away.

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

The younger son; visits his mother occasionally but leaves due to conflict with his brother.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mother_se/chapters/xvi)

Visits occasionally, brings his mother brightness and secret silver, works in town with an unclear but profitable job, and leads the mother away after the daughter's death.

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

The younger son who accompanies his mother home, weeps from exhaustion and despair, and later sleeps on his sister's pallet to comfort his mother.

### [The Younger Son's Return](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mother_se/chapters/xviii)

The younger son who returns home restlessly, speaks radical ideas, and is favored by his mother despite his idleness.

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

Visits secretly to hide a bundle, announces the birth of his son, and is later arrested as a communist.

## Links

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