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The Curse Of The Poisoned Pretzel Sparknotes

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Being able to convey an idea in writing without explicitly explaining is extremely important. Making the reader infer what happened makes the reader think and makes the story more enjoyable. Hinting at events is fun because there is no correct answer to possible questions. In "The Curse of the Poisoned Pretzel," Paul Haven makes his readers infer how Boddlebrooks truly died. The police determined he choked on his pretzel, but several citizens believe his evil brother poisoned him.The author's descriptions of Skidmore lead the reader to believe he is the cause of his brother's sudden death. Skidmore was very anger and jeaous of his brother, causing people to be suspicious. He always loathed his brother's fame and fortune. Boddlebrooks made money on the one thing Skidmore hated: bubblegum. Skidmore was allergic to bubblegum, and therefore despised it with a passion. He could not believe his brother would betray him for fame. …show more content…

Everyone loved Boddlebrooks' attitude and friendliness, which placed a lot of pressure on Skidmore. Skidmore did not want to live in his brother's shadow, so he branched out and became his own person. However, he was often mistaken as scary and mysterious. This trait makes the reader automatically believe that Skidmore would be guilty of murdering his brother. The author began the story by talking about tragedies that the Sluggers baseball team had endured. This starts the story off with a grim feeling. It sets the mood for the rest of the story, making it dark and mysterious. This theme ties into Skidmore's dark appearance. These two things combined cause the story to be suspenseful. This makes the reader think that Boddllebrooks' death was no accident. Skidmore could have been in the wrong place at the wrong time, but all the evidence suggests he watned to get rid of his brother. After all, Skidmore did inherit all of Boddlebrooks' wealth after his

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Doodles brother is responsible for the death of his own brother. Three big reasons that led me to believe this is that he always wanted doodle gone from the beginning, he was ashamed and very embarrassed of having a disabled brother, and that he only helped doodle for his own personal benefit. All of those show why he left his brother in that storm to die. From doodles birth his brother never liked him or cared about him and wanted him gone. One example is “i began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow.”

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The brother is to blame for doodles death. Doodle was a disabled young child with a selfish brother that only looks out for himself. His brother was ashamed to be with or around him. One of the biggest reasons wanted him dead is because he was embarrassed to be around him. The three reasons I believe that the brother wanted to kill doodle was he was embarrassed, he pushed him to hard, and he was selfish.

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Paul Haven was the author of the story above and it never provides any actaul words saying that Skidmore did the crime of murdering his brother by poisoning the pretzel he ate, but it does provide many facts of how it most likely was him and that is what made me think it was Skidmore. I will explain what in the story of "The Curse of The Poisoned Pretzel," made me believe that SKimore killed Macnchester to get the money. A case of a man murdered by his brother was never brought to justice, it was said to have ended by a simple choking hazard when really it was an inncident of an insane twisted family member. In the excerpt from the story, "The Curse of the Poisoned Pretzel," the author Paul Haven indirectly expresses his thoughts about the killing of the character named Manchester. Support 1:

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Here is my evidence. First reason the narrator is guilty of Doodle’s death is because he was ashamed of him. This is clearly shown when brother makes the statement on page 347 “I was ashamed of having a crippled brother.” This clearly shows the narrator's shame in Doodle. Another statement

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The brother was easily the guilty suspect in this case. The question here is whether or not Doodle’s cause of death was his brother’s own pride. Throughout the book, The Scarlet Ibis, Doodle’s brother gives us a plethora of quality examples as to why the death of his brother was surely his to bear. The brother was overly prideful.

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If someone hurts a loved one, but want to try and do something better for them in the process are they really guilty of their pain? In "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst, Doodle is born premature and is unable to do the things his brother can. His brother is disappointed in Doodle and wants to teach him to walk. They were down at the river when a storm came in and Brother ran away from Doodle and when he came back Doodle was dead. I do believe Brother is guilty of Doodles death, because he pushed Doodle to hard.

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Their parents obviously loved both of them but you would think that Skidmore would be just a little jealous of his older brother. Boddlebrook had no idea that a silly little pretzel idea, made by his brother would be the death of him. Skidmore was jealous for sure but is he willing to go to

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Script: Tetzel’s Pretzels and Other Items from His Catholic Kiosk This script takes place in Wittenberg, Germany in 1517. The Roman Catholic Church wanted to earn money to complete the building of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. This script shows the work of Tetzel, the great mouthpiece, commissioner, and seller of indulgences in Germany.

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Brother planned to spend his entire life with Doodle, They "decided that when [they] were grown [they'd] live in Old Woman Swamp and pick dog-tongue" (Hurst). He wanted Doodle to have pride in himself and be able to do everything Brother wanted to do with him. Brother had pride in Doodle since he was first able to stand on his own and walk. He taught Doodle out of his own selfishness, he was ashamed of having an "invalid" brother and wanted to have "someone to race to Horsehead Landing, someone to box with, and someone to perch within the top fork of the great pine behind the barn, where across the fields and swamps you could see the sea" (Hurst). Brother was ashamed of the way he felt and his self-indulgent efforts for Doodle.

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Hurst shows the narrator’s remorse of leaving through his use of somber words. After the narrator discovers Doodle’s deceased body, he uses cacophonous, and sorrowful, words, such as “weeping,” “tear-blurred,” “crying,” and “fallen,” to describe the massive regret he had for leaving behind Doodle. The narrator fell into hysteria as he was unable to control his intense crying, so the diction used only could be cacophonous. As a result of Doodle’s death, the narrator and his family left their house at some point in time after the event because the loss of a family member must have had a depressing effect on the atmosphere within the home. After an extended period of time, the narrator returned to his childhood home, despite the painful nostalgia

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