Dearest Wee Girl Character Analysis

Polly Wilson died a tragic, gruesome death at the hands of her cheating husband, John Wilson. Polly, like many others in her community, and especially like John's "Dearest Wee Girl," Jessie, never would have expected anything like this. Surely, Jessie and her parents are slightly to blame for this tragic event, and although they had no idea John would commit something so terrible such as murder, they could have taken a look into the background of this respected police officer, and acted on their suspicions. Jessie's parents had suspected John to be a married man, and there were rumours going around that he was a father in the old country, too. He had flat out lied to Jessie's father, John Patterson, when he was asked if he had a wife. Jack's response was that she died in the old country, …show more content…
Jessie believed him, and he told her the divorce would soon be finalized. When Polly came to Canada, forcing Jack to live away from Jessie, they communicated by letters. Jessie was going to school to be a nurse in Saskatoon, and was also communicating to her parents by letters. It mentions in the book that in Mrs. Patterson's letter to Jessie, she doesn't wish her to be happy. Jessie is very upset by her mothers disapproval, and if her mother had straight out said that they did not want Jessie marrying Jack, she may have reconsidered her decisions. We think the reason Jessie's parents allowed her to marry John Wilson was because they wanted their girl to be happy. Jessie's parents did not do anything to prevent Jessie from courting John. We also considered that Jessie was purely infatuated with John, as John was charming, older and very handsome. She may have gone against her parents wishes, so it wouldn't have done any good to forbid her from seeing him. They could have better explained their suspicions to their