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Compare And Contrast Conrad's Fight With Stillman

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Conrad’s reaction to his fight with Stillman exemplifies the Jarrett family’s feelings about rules, control, punishment, and forgiveness. When Conrad gets home after his fight with Stillman, he starts to think about what he had done. He is very raucous with himself after he starts to think about the fight. For example, he thinks to himself, “Don’t doubt that there will be punishment. Punishment? Of course, for losing control. Always. One of life’s unwritten laws” (Guest 182). Thinking about punishment reveals that Conrad is used to being punished; in the event that, he does anything wrong or does what his family thinks is wrong. This exemplifies the Jarrett family’s feelings on control. They believe that losing control is something that shouldn’t
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