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Timmy’s mother and Nash’s wife. Georgeanne lives in Nollopville (where Tassie and Mittie live) and she is the one who reports Mittie’s first two violations of using banned words. Georgeanne, like the High Island Council, believes that Nevin Nollop is causing the tiles from his commemorative statue to fall and that he is truly sending them a message from beyond the grave not to use those letters. She therefore feels righteous in reporting Mittie for accidentally uttering them. However, the tables turn when the school asserts that Georgeanne’s son, Timmy, is not exempt from the statutes because he has turned eight (only children seven or younger are exempt), whereas Georgeanne believes that Timmy does not turn eight for another month. She begs Mittie to help her find evidence that Timmy is indeed seven, and Mittie does so—though to no avail. Timmy is ultimately exiled to the U.S. and Nash goes with him, leaving Georgeanne alone in Nollopville. Georgeanne realizes the error of her ways as she feels more and more isolated on Nollop and she understands the consequences of her betrayal. Georgeanne then travels to Nollopton and befriends Ella and Tanya in an attempt to remedy that isolation. She also tries to find some solace in painting and she gradually starts to paint her own body, leading to her death by lead poisoning. Thus, Dunn uses Georgeanne’s tragic fate to demonstrate how the Nollopians need one another to survive, even though the Council encourages them to betray one another.
Georgeanne Towgate Quotes in Ella Minnow Pea
The Ella Minnow Pea quotes below are all either spoken by Georgeanne Towgate or refer to Georgeanne Towgate. 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 2
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Today The Tribune published the names of fifty-eight of the sixty men, women, and children charged this week with first offense. (Two names were unpublishable due to the presence of a particular letter within.) All were speakers of banned words—words overheard upon the lanes, in schoolyards and church pews, and on the common greens. Neighbor turning in neighbor, perpetuating old grudges and grievances with this new weapon unleashed upon us by the High Island Council.
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Chapter 5
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But we were lucky in that when such a misspeak took place, there were no ears pressing themselves against the portals or fenesters to overhear.
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Chapter 9
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I value, nonetheless, your going to the learny-house to help my son. Little Timmy values it as well.
He is gone now. Timmy. This morning. With Nash, my spouse. I must remain. I must remain, as I am without violation.
Please exonerate me. In your heart. I am so sorry that I was the one to report your violations. I’m so sorry that I was to learn what is truly important in our lives too, too late.
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Georgeanne Towgate Quotes in Ella Minnow Pea
The Ella Minnow Pea quotes below are all either spoken by Georgeanne Towgate or refer to Georgeanne Towgate. 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 2
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Today The Tribune published the names of fifty-eight of the sixty men, women, and children charged this week with first offense. (Two names were unpublishable due to the presence of a particular letter within.) All were speakers of banned words—words overheard upon the lanes, in schoolyards and church pews, and on the common greens. Neighbor turning in neighbor, perpetuating old grudges and grievances with this new weapon unleashed upon us by the High Island Council.
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Chapter 5
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But we were lucky in that when such a misspeak took place, there were no ears pressing themselves against the portals or fenesters to overhear.
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Chapter 9
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I value, nonetheless, your going to the learny-house to help my son. Little Timmy values it as well.
He is gone now. Timmy. This morning. With Nash, my spouse. I must remain. I must remain, as I am without violation.
Please exonerate me. In your heart. I am so sorry that I was the one to report your violations. I’m so sorry that I was to learn what is truly important in our lives too, too late.
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