Before We Were Yours

by

Lisa Wingate

Miss Dodd Character Analysis

A worker at Ida Murphy and Georgia Tann’s orphanage in Memphis. Dodd is hired at the orphanage sometime after Rill Foss and her siblings are brought there. Because Dodd is so new, Rill tries to ask her for help by telling her about the abuse, forced separations after several of her siblings are removed, and how Camellia was sexually assaulted by Mr. Riggs. Dodd tries to help, but is fired by Murphy and sent back home with the threat that her own young siblings will be taken by Tann, as well. However, Dodd manages to find Zede and Silas, and tells them where Rill and the remaining siblings live.

Miss Dodd Quotes in Before We Were Yours

The Before We Were Yours quotes below are all either spoken by Miss Dodd or refer to Miss Dodd. 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 16 Quotes

“Perhaps you should have thought of that before you invented some ridiculous story about your fictitious sister and poor Mr. Riggs.”

Blood pounds in my head. I try to make sense of what she’s saying, but I can’t.

“There never was any… Camellia. You and I both know that, don’t we, May? There were four of you when you came here. Two little sisters and one little brother. Only four. And we’ve done a marvelous job in finding homes, thus far. Good homes. And for that, you are most grateful, aren’t you?” She motions to Mrs. Pulnik. […] “There will be no more of this nonsense out of you. Do you understand?”

Related Characters: Rill Foss/May Weathers Crandall (speaker), Georgia Tann (speaker), Fern Foss/Beth Weathers, Camellia Foss/Iris Weathers , Lark Foss/Bonnie Weathers, Gabion “Gabby” Foss/Robby Weathers, Mrs. Pulnik, Mr. Riggs, Miss Dodd
Page Number: 185
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Miss Dodd Quotes in Before We Were Yours

The Before We Were Yours quotes below are all either spoken by Miss Dodd or refer to Miss Dodd. 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:
Personal Identity Theme Icon
).
Chapter 16 Quotes

“Perhaps you should have thought of that before you invented some ridiculous story about your fictitious sister and poor Mr. Riggs.”

Blood pounds in my head. I try to make sense of what she’s saying, but I can’t.

“There never was any… Camellia. You and I both know that, don’t we, May? There were four of you when you came here. Two little sisters and one little brother. Only four. And we’ve done a marvelous job in finding homes, thus far. Good homes. And for that, you are most grateful, aren’t you?” She motions to Mrs. Pulnik. […] “There will be no more of this nonsense out of you. Do you understand?”

Related Characters: Rill Foss/May Weathers Crandall (speaker), Georgia Tann (speaker), Fern Foss/Beth Weathers, Camellia Foss/Iris Weathers , Lark Foss/Bonnie Weathers, Gabion “Gabby” Foss/Robby Weathers, Mrs. Pulnik, Mr. Riggs, Miss Dodd
Page Number: 185
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