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Mama / Mary Ann
Gunnar is Jacqueline’s maternal grandfather. He and his wife Georgiana live in South Carolina. He is a jovial spirit and enjoys maintaining his vegetable garden in his spare time. He has a close relationship with his grandchildren (especially Jacqueline), who live with him for a time and visit every summer after they move to New York. Gunnar frequently takes them out for ice cream, asks for their help gardening, and tells them stories. For most of the memoir, Gunnar works at a printing press. Later, he falls ill because of his lifelong smoking addiction. While Mama and the children are living in New York, Gunnar dies, and the family returns to South Carolina to attend his funeral.
Gunnar Quotes in Brown Girl Dreaming
The Brown Girl Dreaming quotes below are all either spoken by Gunnar or refer to Gunnar. 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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Part 2
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But I want the world where my daddy is
and I don’t know why
anybody’s God would make me
have to choose.
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And all the worlds you are—
Ohio and Greenville
Woodson and Irby
Gunnar’s child and Jack’s daughter
Jehovah’s Witness and nonbeliever
listener and writer
Jackie and Jacqueline
gather into one world
called You
where You decide
what each world
and each story
and each ending
will finally be.
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Gunnar Quotes in Brown Girl Dreaming
The Brown Girl Dreaming quotes below are all either spoken by Gunnar or refer to Gunnar. 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:
).
Part 2
Quotes
But I want the world where my daddy is
and I don’t know why
anybody’s God would make me
have to choose.
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Explanation and Analysis:
Part 5
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And all the worlds you are—
Ohio and Greenville
Woodson and Irby
Gunnar’s child and Jack’s daughter
Jehovah’s Witness and nonbeliever
listener and writer
Jackie and Jacqueline
gather into one world
called You
where You decide
what each world
and each story
and each ending
will finally be.
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
