Guide Mentor

Character Role Analysis

Grandfather Bolte

Grandfather Bolte and Georgie are two peas in a pod: both devoted to the general store and to hunting, both extremely practical people. Georgie has set herself up to follow in Grandfather Bolte's footsteps at the general store and can't wait to do so. He's the one who gives her the Springfield single-shot and encourages her to use it, and who secretly supports her trip out to Dog Hollow. When he dies, Georgie understandably feels she has lost one of her guiding lights.