Without Meeting Jerry's Pretend Mom Summary

I can’t believe the writer left for Mexico without attempting to meet Jerry’s pretend mom. “I decided that I should not leave the mountains without seeing her and knowing for myself why she had done this thing.” When the writer said this, I thought she would follow through. Jerry is a perfect boy with no problems, how would his mom and the writer reject him? The writer is confused how Jerry still receives gifts from his mom, like the skates he got for Christmas. Why would someone forsake Jerry, but still send him gifts. If she can afford gifts, why not afford to keep him? The writer’s mission is to find out why.

The writer wants to figure Jerry’s mom out, but she doesn’t ever try. When she went to the orphanage at the end and asked about Jerry’s mom, it was “out of the question” to see her because she was in such a rush. Why now of all times to ask about her, she is in “more of a hurry than” she expected to be. Obviously, she can’t learn anything, because Jerry’s mom doesn’t exist. Her not knowing doesn’t affect why she never tries to find Jerry’s mom. Even if Jerry’s mom existed and everything Jerry has told her is true, she would have still never met her. She broke her vow by doing this, she left the mountains before knowing why Jerry’s mom has left Jerry.
But she changes her mind, she leaves, not staying and meeting the mother in Mannville. “I did not take time to go to Mannville to see Jerry’s mother, nor to talk with the orphanage officials about her.” The writer blames it on her work, while her work is important to her, it doesn’t seem that important. If she can spend some time in a cabin, surely she can make time to meet with Jerry’s