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Amos Minnow Pea
Ella’s mother and Amos’s wife. When the High Island Council begins banning the use of any letters on the tiles that fall from Nevin Nollop’s commemorative statue, Gwenette is initially able to avoid using receiving offenses, unlike her sister Mittie. Gwenette is supportive of Ella and Amos and she joins in their efforts to set up resistance meetings with other citizens. Gwenette’s first problems arise when she intentionally uses the word “diminished” after the letter “D” has been banned and she receives two offenses immediately. Gwenette is later expelled from the island when L.E.B. officers come to interrogate her at the Minnow Peas’ home and she slips up and uses an illegal letter.
Gwenette Minnow Pea Quotes in Ella Minnow Pea
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Chapter 3
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And so Mum and Pop and I stood and watched the harrowing and loathsome sight of children being ritually beaten, and the commensurately disturbing picture of frightened onlookers—“the town baa-baas,” as Pop has taken to calling our dear neighbors—doing what they do oh so very well, and that is: absolutely nothing.
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Chapter 5
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A little not-so-positive news: Amos has been caught in offense number two. In last night’s poker game. It was such a foolish mistake. It might have gone without report except that Morton who owes him money chose to employ outright extortion against poor, hapless Amos. Amos’s preference was for not playing along. Imagine the effrontery: Morton attempting to ignore the offense in exchange for clearance of a rather large financial obligation. Amos thought, of course, that Morton was bluffing. Unfortunately, in this particular game, it turns out, Morton was not.
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Gwenette Minnow Pea Quotes in Ella Minnow Pea
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Chapter 3
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And so Mum and Pop and I stood and watched the harrowing and loathsome sight of children being ritually beaten, and the commensurately disturbing picture of frightened onlookers—“the town baa-baas,” as Pop has taken to calling our dear neighbors—doing what they do oh so very well, and that is: absolutely nothing.
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Chapter 5
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A little not-so-positive news: Amos has been caught in offense number two. In last night’s poker game. It was such a foolish mistake. It might have gone without report except that Morton who owes him money chose to employ outright extortion against poor, hapless Amos. Amos’s preference was for not playing along. Imagine the effrontery: Morton attempting to ignore the offense in exchange for clearance of a rather large financial obligation. Amos thought, of course, that Morton was bluffing. Unfortunately, in this particular game, it turns out, Morton was not.
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