Mr. Robert is Grandma Sands’s new boyfriend. She started seeing him at some point after her husband—Wilona’s father—died. Because Wilona never knew about Mr. Robert, she’s alarmed when she arrives in Birmingham to find him living with her mother. The way she reacts to this new development makes Kenny think that his own mother is acting like a child.
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Chapter 12
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I picked up my spoon and kept eating. This was great! I’d never seen Momma act like a little kid who just got yelled at but there she was, picking at a piece of paper towel and looking kind of embarrassed.
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Mr. Robert Quotes in The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963
The The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Robert or refer to Mr. Robert. 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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Chapter 12
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I picked up my spoon and kept eating. This was great! I’d never seen Momma act like a little kid who just got yelled at but there she was, picking at a piece of paper towel and looking kind of embarrassed.
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