Carrie left the burning school and walked home. As she walked, Billy was about to run her over, but Carrie made the car flip over and killed Chris and Billy. When Carrie arrived home, she broke down in her mother’s arms. Her mother thought the devil had taken over Carrie and stabbed her in the back. Carrie threw knives at her mother and killed her.
Then her father takes the money she needs to use to get a real abortion in order to buy himself a new set of teeth. The town doctor explains that Cash’s leg was hopelessly destroyed by the cement cast, which his father did by the way... Vardaman realizes he’s poor because he can’t have toys like the other kids. Darl is shipped off to an insane asylum when he is suspected of the burning of the Gillespie farm. Anse borrows shovels to bury Addie’s body and flirts
Ellie Linton’s character is tested when she comes home to find the family pets dead. She must choose between right and wrong in her follow-up actions, battling through trauma and distress. Then her best friend, Corrie, witnesses her home being destroyed. It is in the group’s human spirit and empathy for each that keeps them strong. Ellie again questions herself and her actions when she blows up a lawnmower to save her friends.
Name: Date: Period: THE GLASS CASTLE Test MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Jeanette is badly burned at the age of three, because… a) She was playing with matches b) She was cooking hotdogs c) She was left home alone 2. What lead Jeanette’s father to be an alcoholic? a) He was worried about the bill collectors b) He didn’t even like kids c) The loss of one of the children after they were born 3. Who tries to rape Jeanette but doesn’t succeed? a) Billy b) A school teacher c) Her uncle Stanley 4.
“Saidu had climbed to the attic to bring down rice for their journey, when the rebels stormed in. He sat in the attic, holding his breath and listening to the wailing of his sisters as the rebels raped them. His father shouted at them to stop, and one of the rebels hit him with the butt of his gun. Saidu’s mother cried and apologised to her daughters for having brought them into this world to be victims of such madness. After the rebels had raped the sisters over and over, they bundled up the family’s property and made Saidu’s parents carry it.
Sarah, having dealt with the things that she has dealt with, has evolved into heck of woman. When she was young, she was abused by her mentally unstable father. Sarah had told everybody that her mom accidently spilled a bowl of boiled spaghetti on her, but in reality her father burned her face with a wood stove at the age of three. No three year old should have to go through what has happened to Sarah;
She was found by the four daughters of Keleos by a fountain in Eleusis. They took her home with them, and there Demeter met their mother, Metaneira and a group of other women. She took to caring for Metaneira’s son by placing him in fire but when Metaneira found out, she became frightened and cried out in alarm. Demeter grew furious at this display of distrust and revealed to them who she truly was. She also told them that their son could have been immortal had his mother not interfered.
File No: Prosecution Memorandum Re: Dawn; Felony of the Second Degree I.Issues Daisy Down was arrested in connection with the severe burning of her 3 year old son. Her son sustained 2nd and 3rd degreee burns over the majority of his body and will remain permanently disfigured. Dawn spoke with the case detective and said she was angry with her son for resisting to undress to take his bath. Dawn admitted to placing her son, fully clothed, in the bathtub water without testing the temperature. Dawn denied knowing the water was hot enough to cause burns.
She screams “‘Help, for God’s sake, help!’...fled from the table, and fell into the arms of his father, who came rushing up to her” (18). His mother has asthma, and Gregor is concerned about upsetting her. His father, however, has quite a different reaction. Gregor’s manager flees from the house and his father gets angry. Instead of showing the slightest bit of concern for Gregor, he instead reacts with violence, lashing out at Gregor.
He told her that it is because the child is not white so, Desiree immediately wrote to her mother about what had happened. Desiree’s mother told her that she should come back to her house. Desiree showed her mother’s letter to Armand, and he told her that he wanted her to go. Desiree took her baby from the nurse and walked away, she went to bayou where she disappeared not to Valmondes house . A few weeks after she left, at L’Abri, Armand was having his slaves feeding a bonfire where he is burning all Desiree’s and