Annie Sullivan was sent to an almshouse as a girl with her brother after their mother passed away and their father abandoned them. Annie's brother was younger than her, and he was called Jimmie. In The Miracle Worker, Annie Sullivan had flashbacks to her painful past in the almshouse with her brother. In the first flashback, Jimmie repeatedly asked young Annie the same question. He asked her, "Where we goin'?" Annie and her brother had been displaced when their mother died and their father left. They only had each other, and the almshouse was an unpleasant place to live. He later asked her, "When are we goin’ home?" He reminded his older sister that she promised to take him home. He did not know that he and Annie had no home to return to.
Jimmie probably asked Annie where they were going and when they were going home because they were displaced. They were forced out of their home after their mother died. He could have asked the question because the almshouse was a dirty and unpleasant place and he did not wish to stay there.
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