In Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings “A Mother in Manville”, the author decides to go to an orphanage, high in the Carolina Mountains to do some writing. There she meets a young orphan named Jerry, who offers to aid the writer in daily tasks, such as chopping wood whist she writes her story. Jerry is first shown to be a person responsible for their own actions. Soon Jerry and the author become acquainted with each other, and ignite a friendship between each other. Earning her trust, the author gives small tasks to Jerry in which he completes in an orderly fashion.”He was to come two or three times a day and let out the dog, fee, and exercise him(pg10)”.The author learns that Jerrys' mother is still living in Manville and is in fact still sending him
