Summary Of Nella Larsen's Passing

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Nella Larsen’s Passing: Did Clare Commit Suicide or Was She Pushed? My thesis is that the death of Clare at the end of Nella Larsen’s Passing though left unclear was caused by Irene pushing Clare out of the window. Reading the book, I know it doesn’t say that Irene pushed Clare out of the window but it seems like there are so many clues that hint that she did. I don’t know whether Larsen intentionally left the ending so abruptly but I just feel as if Irene was the one to do it. Towards the end of the book, after Irene runs into John Bellew, she begins to think about Clare and John divorcing. And Larsen writes, “Then came a thought which she tried to drive away. If Clare should die! Then – Oh, it was
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