The_Yearling

The Yearling After the Civil War many men moved to the scrubs. One of those men was Penny Baxter, who moved to a place in the scrubs called Baxter’s Island. He settled there and started a family. He had a wife who goes by Ma, and a son named Jody. Jody’s maturity is shown throughout one year, through different events, in the novel called The Yearling. In the early stages of the book Jody spends his time avoiding his chores, and having fun instead. “He [Penny] was doing Jody’s work, and in his good coat”(9). Although, it seemed not always to be Jody’s fault that he did not do his work, but some blame could be put on Penny. “’Men-folks has got to stick together in the name o’ peace’”(11). Penny remembers what it’s like to be a kid, there is just one rule, to act like a kid. Jody did eventually mature enough to do his chores around the house. “’ Look at him [Jody] move,’ his mother said. ‘To see him hoe, you’d think he was a snail. Say “huntin”’ ‘ and he’s as quick as an otter’”. (29) Besides hunting, something else motivated Jody to be responsible; yearling, jody, flag, one, away, penny, hunting, didn’t, baxter’s, year, work, just, jody’s, home, different, around, winter, throughout, take, said, run, life, good, crops, come, chores, called, baxter, way, wanted, through, sure, started