The Bear Came Over the Mountain
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The Bear Came Over the Mountain

by

Alice Munro
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Jacqui Adams Character Analysis

Jacqui Adams is the first woman with whom Grant has an affair. She is middle-aged, already married, and enrolled in one of his courses at the university as part of a larger new wave of married women looking to “enrich their lives” through additional education. Grant remembers himself as choosing Jacqui as one option among many willing women. To his mind, Jacqui was the opposite of Fiona, in both physical appearance and personality. Their affair lasts for a year until Jacqui’s husband is transferred to a different location. Jacqui shakes when saying goodbye to Grant and writes him letters after she leaves, but Grant does not write back, looking down on the letters for their histrionic tone, and quickly gets involved with a young student.

Jacqui Adams Quotes in The Bear Came Over the Mountain

The The Bear Came Over the Mountain quotes below are all either spoken by Jacqui Adams or refer to Jacqui Adams. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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The Bear Came Over the Mountain Quotes

She was the opposite of Fiona—short, cushiony, dark-eyed, effusive. A stranger to irony. The affair lasted for a year, until her husband was transferred. When they were saying goodbye in her car, she began to shake uncontrollably. It was as if she had hypothermia. She wrote to him a few times, but he found the tone of her letters overwrought and could not decide how to answer.

Related Characters: Grant, Fiona, Jacqui Adams
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Page Number: 290
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Jacqui Adams Quotes in The Bear Came Over the Mountain

The The Bear Came Over the Mountain quotes below are all either spoken by Jacqui Adams or refer to Jacqui Adams. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Love, Fidelity, and Marriage Theme Icon
).
The Bear Came Over the Mountain Quotes

She was the opposite of Fiona—short, cushiony, dark-eyed, effusive. A stranger to irony. The affair lasted for a year, until her husband was transferred. When they were saying goodbye in her car, she began to shake uncontrollably. It was as if she had hypothermia. She wrote to him a few times, but he found the tone of her letters overwrought and could not decide how to answer.

Related Characters: Grant, Fiona, Jacqui Adams
Love, Fidelity, and Marriage Theme Icon
Gender and Power Theme Icon
Class, Practicality, and Humor Theme Icon
Page Number: 290
Explanation and Analysis:
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