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Otis D. Slemmons
Joe’s mother lives nearby in Eatonville. She “prayed…nightly” for the failure of Joe and Missie May’s marriage. After she helps Missie May deliver a son, she tells Joe that she had never thought well of the marriage because Missie May’s mother had been promiscuous, and she feared the same would prove true of Missie May. However, she is proud of the baby, whom she says is the spitting image of Joe, and seems to revise her opinion of Missie May and the marriage.
Joe’s Mother Quotes in The Gilded Six Bits
The The Gilded Six Bits quotes below are all either spoken by Joe’s Mother or refer to Joe’s Mother. 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 Gilded Six-Bits Quotes
Dat’s yourn all right, if you never git another one, dat un is yourn. And you know Ah’m mighty proud too, son, cause Ah never thought well of you marryin’ Missie May cause her ma used tuh fan her foot round right smart and Ah been mighty skeered dat Missie May wuz gointer git misput on her road.
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With these words Joe’s mother, having just tended Missie in childbirth, shares with Joe the news of his newborn son. Joe had asked how his wife had fared, but, seemingly still ambivalent, waited for his mother to volunteer information about the baby. In spite of Joe’s unspoken fears, the boy reportedly does look just like him—just as Missie May had predicted earlier. Joe’s mother also reveals the source of her longstanding animosity toward Missie May—that Missie’s mother had been known for promiscuity, which, Joe’s mother thought, did not bode well for Missie’s marriage to Joe. The irony is that Missie Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ip
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Joe’s Mother Character Timeline in The Gilded Six Bits
The timeline below shows where the character Joe’s Mother appears in The Gilded Six Bits. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
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...May resolves to leave her husband. Shortly after leaving the house, however, she encounters her mother-in-law. Joe’s mother has “prayed nightly” that their marriage would end, and Missie May cannot admit...
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...labor and gives birth to a healthy boy. Joe comes home from work and asks his mother , who is tending to the household, how his wife managed. His mother praises Missie...
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