 Dolores, Matilda's overzealous Christian mother, expresses an extreme distrust of the teacher and his curriculum.She does everything in her power to ensure that her daughter's mind is not polluted by the strange white man, including making weekly visits to the classroom.She even goes as far as stealing and hiding Watts's "Great Expectations" book, an action that causes immense trouble when "Redskin" soldiers enter the village and find Pip's name carved in the sand.