Unnamed Mother of Will Varner
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Unnamed Mother of Will Varner
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Unnamed Mother of Will Varner
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White
Gender:
Female
Class:
Lower Class
Rank:
Peripheral
Vitality:
Dead
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Will Varner mentions that his "mammy" once heard an old woman explain that the way a pregnant woman can make sure she has a girl is to "show her belly to the full moon" (339). "Mammy" often implies a black woman, but in this case it seems more likely that Will is talking about his own mother. (The word occurs in a passage thick with his rural vernacular: "I mind me when" "done married and moved," "passel of boys," etc.; 339.)
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