Two Examples Of Abusive Virgil Byrnes

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An adjective that I would use to describe Virgil Byrnes would be abusive. In the book there are multiple different ways Virgil has hurt people. One the most cruelest ways Virgil has hurt people was when he burned his own daughter Sarah Byrnes. Sarah reveals this to Eric Calhoun when Sarah was still in the hospital. Sarah states “Then he said, ‘Here's your pretty little baby for you,’ and I look up and saw the wood stove coming right up to my face. I put up my hands and...” (Crutcher 143). Sarah reveals to Eric that her own father, Virgil Byrnes, burned her. This shows how abusive Virgil Byrnes can be. Hypocritical would be a word that best fit Mark Brittain. A class debate about abortion was brought up one day in Lemry’s class. Mark goes