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Aunt Wee (Lori Vance)
J.D.’s uncle, and Bev’s older brother. Despite the toxic domestic environment created by Mamaw and Papaw’s constant fighting, Jimmy found a way to graduate high school, attend night school, and attain a sales job with Johnson & Johnson. Like J.D.’s Aunt Wee, he managed to establish a stable life, one that Vance references and calls upon throughout the memoir, holding it up as an example of the kind of rare success available to determined Appalachian individuals. Although Jimmy is a levelheaded and kind person, he remains to this day unwilling to speak to Bev, who he believes is irresponsible and selfish.
Uncle Jimmy Quotes in Hillbilly Elegy
The Hillbilly Elegy quotes below are all either spoken by Uncle Jimmy or refer to Uncle Jimmy. 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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Within two generations, the transplanted hillbillies had largely caught up to the native population in terms of income and poverty level. Yet their financial success masked their cultural unease, and if my grandparents caught up economically, I wonder if they ever truly assimilated. They always had one foot in the new life and one foot in the old one. They slowly acquired a small number of friends but remained strongly rooted in their Kentucky homeland.
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Uncle Jimmy Quotes in Hillbilly Elegy
The Hillbilly Elegy quotes below are all either spoken by Uncle Jimmy or refer to Uncle Jimmy. 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:
).
Chapter 2
Quotes
Within two generations, the transplanted hillbillies had largely caught up to the native population in terms of income and poverty level. Yet their financial success masked their cultural unease, and if my grandparents caught up economically, I wonder if they ever truly assimilated. They always had one foot in the new life and one foot in the old one. They slowly acquired a small number of friends but remained strongly rooted in their Kentucky homeland.
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