Who Is Responsible for the Death of Kingshaw

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Who is responsible for the death of Kingshaw? From the moment he moved in, Kingshaw was permanently trapped inside Warings, surrounded by pain and ignorance. On the one hand he was constantly attacked by Hooper, methodically bullying him into suicide. On the other, his insensitive mother, dismissing Kingshaw's every word, committed only to pleasing Mr. Hooper and his son. Edmund Hooper was in my opinion the main cause of Kingshaw's death due to the fact that Hooper had bullied and manipulated him from the moment they met. To emphasize on the point that Charles was not welcome to live in Hooper's house, Edmund showed Kingshaw the message "I didn't want you to come here". Kingshaw was an intruder in Hooper's eyes. Hooper felt in charge of his house, he felt he was King there and he did not want any other boy in the house. Hooper was able to turn the most ordinary object into a source of terror for Kingshaw. Early in the book, Hooper had become aware of Kingshaw’s weaknesses and fears. Hooper realized that Kingshaw was very easily manipulated by others and used that against him. Hooper taunted Kingshaw about his fear of crows. For example, Charles proved to be afraid of a large crow that had chased him through the corn fields, so Hooper put a large crow which he had found in the attic, onto Kingshaw's bed in order to terrify him for his own personal enjoyment. Although Hooper's endless torment of Kingshaw appears a twisted. Perhaps Edmund’s behavior could be accredited by an unresponsive, distant relationship with his father. Therefore his childhood responses with anyone are at best, likely to be cold. Hooper may not be liable for the manner in which he behaves, just the influence of society, and the absence of influence his father has had on him. However it is not what Hooper did to Kingshaw that scared him; it is what he could have done. This is shown by the
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