Comforts Of Home Notes
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The Comforts of Home
Character Description ÐŽV
Sarah Ham:
„± ÐŽ§NymphomaniacÐŽÐ Pg. 117
„± ÐŽ§ÐŽKonly nineteen years old.ÐŽÐ Pg. 119
„± ÐŽ§Congenital liar.ÐŽÐ Pg. 121
„± ÐŽ§Her hair was cut like a dogÐŽ¦s or an elfÐŽ¦s and she was dressed in the latest fashion.ÐŽÐ Pg. 122
Thomas:
„± ÐŽ§It was the first time in his thirty-five yearsÐŽKÐŽÐ Pg. 116
„± ÐŽ§Thomas loved his mother.ÐŽÐ Pg. 118
„± ÐŽ§Thomas had inherited his fatherÐŽ¦s reason with his ruthlessness and his motherÐŽ¦s love of good without her tendency to pursue it.ÐŽÐ Pg. 121
„± ÐŽ§Born without the moral faculty ÐŽV like somebody else would be born without a kidney or a leg.ÐŽÐ Pg. 118
Themes ÐŽV
Domestic Disruption:
„± ÐŽ§His mother, with her daredevil charity, was about to wreck the peace of the house.ÐŽÐ Pg. 116
„± ÐŽ§If you bring that girl back into this house, I leave. You can choose ÐŽV her or me.ÐŽÐ Pg. 116
Moral Concerns:
„± ÐŽ§Send her back to jail.ÐŽÐ Pg. 118
„± ÐŽ§Untouched by useless compassion, he would have pulled the necessary strings with his crony, the sheriff, and the girl would have been packed off to the state penitentiary to serve her time.ÐŽÐ Pg. 121
„± ÐŽ§He reddened, feeling it beneath him to show contempt for any creature so pathetic.ÐŽÐ Pg. 123
„± ÐŽ§ÐŽKthis would be his opportunity to tell the girl that unless she ceased to be a parasite on his mother, he would see to it, personally, that she was returned to jail.ÐŽÐ Pg. 125
„± ÐŽ§His first instant of hope that she had cut her throatÐŽKÐŽÐ Pg. 132
„± ÐŽ§If she shoots herself, so much the better.ÐŽÐ Pg. 133
„± ÐŽ§The old man would have been able with no qualms
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