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The mistrust and betrayal is real. Throughout the reading, I did not want to believe that Amy and Billy Holcombe had anything to do with Hollands death. The truth came out of the darkness not instantly but slowly revealing the truth of everything and why it happened. It’s so devastating and disturbing of how a woman could even do that to a human being. Holland had feelings and trusted Mrs. Amy. The way she acted through this chapter was so irrational, such as going to meet Widow Glendower, she tempted Holland, and not have any sympathy for Hollands death. For one Amy Holcombe was heart-broken because Billy and her were not able to conceive a child. Not because of Amy, but because of Billy. According to the Doctor, “I can’t find a single live sperm.” (Rash 63). From then on, their world crashed even as a married couple, everything they did was miserable. Amy because she was not able to be like all the other normal women in town and Billy it hurt his pride and was ashamed he could not complete a man’s duty like everyone else. Amy finally was desperate enough to go up to the mountain to get help from Widow Glendower. The town called her a witch because she scared everyone and they thought she made Luke’s cattle’s sick, “six cows died that May” (Rash 67). Amy did not fear Glendower because she wanted her help to be able to bear a …show more content…

This wonderful man wanting to take care of his child become a father and have a family. He was willing to man up and help raised that baby he created and she denied him. The image imprinted into her skull making sure that she never forgets what she caused or done to him, will forever be played in her mind “Holland stumbled backwards, smoke wisping out of his chest like his heart was a fire that had been doused” (Rash 91). “I ran over to see how bad it was and saw Holland’s face gone white as August cotton bolls.” (Rash

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While Amy hated Paul, for how he treated her, as well did the rest of the Ellis family, she was in her car on the way to the house then at the house eating dinner with her family, so she could not have murdered Paul Dudden. Mrs. Pettigrew was once married to Paul and has first hand experience of how he treats wives. He treated her poorly but apparently still wished him happiness after he sent her papers for a divorce. She must have lied about still wishing him a happy life and/or was just enraged to hear he was blackmailing the Ellis

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Through human nature people surroundings influence who they become. The main character Amy is a long way from home, she is snatched by a tornado and taken to Oz. Nothing seems right to Amy at the time she gets there. As she goes through many ups and downs she is picked up by the ORDER, a group of the wicked who have joined together to kill Dorothy. Dorothy is back in Oz and is taking the magic.

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Safari At this point in the book, Berthe Erica Crow is the most suspicious character and probably the red herring. One example of this is when Crow says Sam Westing is "roasting in hell." (pg. 14). Somebody wouldn’t just casually say someone is roasting in hell, she must have really hated him, leading her to murder him.

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She is able to behave as badly as she does by hiding her true nature, and tricking not only the reader at first, but those who do not know her personally into a false sense of comfort through using these personas. The first of these personas we see is through the diary entries placed by Flynn in between the passages during Amy’s apparent disappearance is the emergence of Amy the “cool

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“Cunning surpasses strength.” (German proverb). As the proverb states, the bodily strength of a human is inadequate when faced with the cunningness of one’s brain. This effectively applies to Amy’s character, from “Gore” written by Sarah Ellis. Amy faces her thieving brother’s, strength against her sly schemes and overpowers him, proving that the strength is no match for one’s brain.

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“The trick of reason is to get the imagination to seize the actual world,” Dillard states when describing the time period in which she began to outgrow many of her childhood fantasies. Dillard accounts that when she five, “growing up in Pittsburgh in 1950, I would not go to bed willingly because something came into my room.” However, Dillard kept her fear a private matter and refrained from involving her two year-old Amy, because, “she was innocent of evil.” Dillard goes into further detail about Amy, describing the innocence she displays while asleep as “charming”, “pleasant” and “serene.” Shortly thereafter, Dillard comes to the realization that the innocence Amy possesses protects her from fear.

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Angela Schwindt quotes, “While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.” The film The Night of The Hunter, created in 1955 by Charles Laughton is a frightening and haunting movie. It depicts a young boy named John, who struggles to keep a secret from his beloved father. John also tries to take care of his little sister and to get away from Harry Powell, a fake wannabe preacher who is trying to get the children to confess a secret to him. However, Rachel is motivated by being an independent and faithful woman to take care of her orphaned children.

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Curley gives his wife no attention, which forces her into flirting with the other ranchers. Many people do not want to talk to her because of her reputation for being a flirt and bothering others. "Maybe you better go along to you own house now. We don’t want no trouble. "(Steinbeck, 85).

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One of the universal themes of literature is the idea that children suffer because of the mistakes of an earlier generation. The novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God" follows the story of Janie Mae Crawford through her childhood, her turbulent and passionate relationships, and her rejection of the status quo and through correlation of Nanny 's life and Janie 's problems, Hurston develops the theme of children 's tribulations stemming from the teachings and thoughts of an earlier generation. Nanny made a fatal mistake in forcibly pushing her own conclusions about life, based primarily on her own experiences, onto her granddaughter Janie and the cost of the mistake was negatively affecting her relationship with Janie. Nanny lived a hard life and she made a rough conclusion about how to survive in the world for her granddaughter, provoked by fear. " Ah can’t die easy thinkin’ maybe de menfolks white or black is makin’ a spit cup outa you: Have some sympathy fuh me.

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I live on the Southside of Chicago A city of stone cold killer’s No one care for you they all just sinners It 's sad how I last

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