Who is Elizabeth Lawler from Jayber Crow: A Novel and what is their importance? Jayber_Crow English & Literature Elizabeth Lawler | Jayber Crow: A Novel

While at Good Shepherd, Jayber takes notice of a new girl, about seven years old, whose clothes did not fit and who is quiet and resigned. She stood back while others played, and became known as "E," just as others were known only by the first name initials. When the girls invite her into their circle, Jayber realizes that she had been waiting for this. He wrote her name, "Elizabeth Lawler," in the back of his book so that he would remember her. She represents the namelessness that each orphan falls into when they were enrolled at this school. They become just a little less than a number and their only family becomes others who are known by an initial. Jayber does not want to forget that he knew her by her full name.