Mrs. Lorne/Aunt Jenifer Character Analysis in Johnny Tremain

Aunt Jenifer is Rab’s aunt; she quickly adopts Johnny as one of the family, too, when he begins working for Uncle Lorne and living with Rab. She’s a kind, red-headed woman who encourages Johnny to read, and she constantly supplies him with sweet treats. She helps Johnny to understand Silsbee men, like Rab: they’re quiet, and one must either take them or leave them.

Mrs. Lorne/Aunt Jenifer Character Timeline in Johnny Tremain

The timeline below shows where the character Mrs. Lorne/Aunt Jenifer appears in Johnny Tremain. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

Patriotism and the Revolutionary War Theme Icon

...Observers, meet in the loft where he and Rab sleep. He eats his supper with Aunt and Uncle Lorne and their infant, and Johnny also begins caring for Goblin himself. Soon,... (full context)

...the constable arrives. Rab clearly likes fighting, though he doesn’t have much to say. From Aunt Lorne, Johnny learns that this is just how Silsbee men are. (full context)

...now, it’s the fall of 1773. On Sundays, Rab and Johnny go to church with Aunt and Uncle to listen to Doctor Cooper, who talks a lot about “taxation without representation.”... (full context)

2. Johnny charges British officers a fortune for carrying letters and gives it all to Aunt Lorne. General Gage, meanwhile, tries to keep things civil and doesn’t stop men like Uncle... (full context)

...and give him a good opportunity until spring. He needs a gun by then. With Aunt Lorne’s blessing, Rab arranges to buy a gun from a farmer who purchases them from... (full context)

...casting bullets at night. Like all other Whigs in Boston, they’re melting pewter from family members—Aunt Jenifer gives hers to Rab. People make gunpowder secretly, and each Minute Man rolls powder... (full context)

...Johnny is bold, and then leaves. From the window, Johnny watches Rab say goodbye to Aunt Jenifer and Uncle Lorne, but by the time he runs to say goodbye himself, Rab... (full context)

...jail, and then he heads for Salt Lane. He finds the Observer’s office trashed and Aunt Jenifer sitting in her kitchen, sewing an enormous feather bed. When Johnny says the soldiers... (full context)

Johnny and Aunt Jenifer discuss the frightened, angry soldiers. Johnny takes their fear as a sign that the... (full context)