"A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O’Connor – Flashcards
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Author of A Good Man is Hard to Find
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Flannery O Connor
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Type of story that A Good Man is Hard to Find is
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Southern Gothic
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A Good Man is Hard to Find
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About a family who decide to vacation down to Florida from Georgia. Unfortunately on the way down they have an accident, after which they meet up with convicts and are then shot, one by one.
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The Grandmother
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Main character of the story. Very upbeat. Dresses like a lady for the family vacation so that if she is found after an accident they'll know that's what she was. Takes her cat with her on the family trip, unbeknownst to the rest of the family. Has a son named Bailey, whom she calls Bailey Boy. Is a Christian. Insists Bailey take a detour on a dirt road in Georgia because she wants to find her old house. Try's to talk The Misfit into sparing her life as she knows he's a good man. The Misfit puts on her son's shirt after he has the son killed then she takes her figurative talk regarding his goodness to heart and trys to touch The Misfit. The Misfit shoots her when she trys to touch him on the shoulder near the end of the story.
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Bailey/Bailey boy
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The Grandmothers son. Bald, blue parrot shirted husband and father of June Star and John Wesley. Is on edge going on vacation. The Grandma's cat jumps on him and he crashes their car while they are looking for The Grandma's old homestead. Is taken out with his son and shot by Bobby Lee, The Misfits partner.
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The daughter in law
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Wife of Bailey, mother of June Star, John Wesley and the newborn. Is taken out with the newborn by Bobby Lee and shot in the woods of Georgia.
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June Star
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Daughter of Bailey. Granddaughter of The Grandma. Talks disrespectfully to The Grandma. "We Had an Accident!" Taken out in the woods with her mother and newborn sister and shot by Bobby Lee in the woods of Georgia.
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John Wesley
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Son of Bailey. Grandson of The Grandma. Talks back to The Grandma and The Misfit. Is disrespectful to The Grandma. Is taken out in the woods with his father and shot by Bobby Lee.
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Red Sam
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Owner of truckstop where the family stops during their vacation drive. Has a monkey chained to a tree.
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The Misfit
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Escaped con on the loose somewhere going towards Florida. With Bobby Lee and , sees The Grandma's family vehicle accident. Has Bobby Lee shoot all of The Grandma's family out in the woods of Georgia. Shoots the Grandma 3 times in the chest when she trys to touch him when his back is turned. Says the law said they had papers on him for what he did but never saw those papers. Doesn't know anymore what he did wrong to end up in jail. Jesus was the only one who raised the dead and he shouldn't have done it.
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The grandmother is the author of the families troubles
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...
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The action of grace by the granmother
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Reaching out for/to touch "The Misfit"
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Bailey
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What is the name of the grandmother's only son?
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East Tennessee
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Where did the grandmother want to go instead of Florida?
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The orange sports section of the "Journal"
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What was her son reading when she tried to convince him not to go to Florida?
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The one about "The Misfit" escaping from the Federal Pen and heading to Florida
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What article in the newspaper did she use to try and convince him?
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John Wesley (son, age 8) and June Star (daughter with yellow hair)
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Name the two children other than the baby?
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That the children had been to Florida before and should go to Tennessee to broaden their life
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What argument did the grandmother use to convince the mother?
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Big black valise and a basket with Pitty Sing, the cat.
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What did the grandmother take in the car with her?
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Atlanta
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From what city were they leaving?
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Interesting to see how far they traveled
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Why did the grandmother write down the mileage?
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Green head kerchief
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What did the mother seem to always wear on her head?
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If they had an accident people seeing her on the side of the road would know she was a lady
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Why was the grandmother dressed up?
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Comic books
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What did the children read in the car?
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It was a hillbilly dumping ground
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What did John Wesley say about the state of Tennessee?
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He didn't have any britches on
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What was strange about the appearance of the little black boy standing in the door of a shack?
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With the wind
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Where did the grandmother say the plantation, now a graveyard, had gone?
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Tell them a story
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What did the grandmother say she would do to keep the children from fighting over the cloud game?
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Watermelon/E.A.T.
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A Mr. Edgar Atkins Teagarden courted the grandmother before she married. What did he bring her and what did he carve on it?
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Bought Coca-Cola stock when it first came out
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What made Mr. Teagarden wealthy?
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Red Sammy Butts (fat man)
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Who owned "The Tower," a barbecue place they stopped for lunch?
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Gray monkey
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The "Tower" owner was lying on the ground working on a truck with a ________ chained to a chinaberry tree nearby.
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"The Tennessee Waltz"
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What did the mother play with her dime on the nickelodeon?
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Tap dance routine
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What did June Star do to music in the restaurant?
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Red Sam
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Who first said the "a good man is hard to find?"
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Europe
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Who did the grandmother blame for people not being nice and trustworthy anymore
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Caught fleas on himself and bit them
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What did the monkey do as the children watched?
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That it had a secret panel with silver hidden in it
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What lie did the grandmother tell to try and get Bailey to turn off to go see an old plantation house?
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The children yelling
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What convinced Bailey to turn off?
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Grandmother upset her valise causing the newspaper over the basket to let Pitty Sing out. She jumped on Bailey's shoulder
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What caused the accident?
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Gray-striped with white face and orange nose
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What did Pitty Sing look like?
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That the house she had remembered was not in Georgia but Tennessee
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What had the grandmother remembered before letting the cat out
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Cut on face and broken shoulder
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What injury did the mother have?
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A black battered hearse like car with three men in it
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What did the grandmother flag down?
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Guns
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What were the three men carrying?
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The older skinny one with glasses and no shirt
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Which man was familiar to the grandmother?
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Jumped up and yelled that he was the "Misfit"
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What did grandmother do once she recognized the man?
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they made him nervous
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How did the children affect the "Misfit"?
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The woods
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Where did the "Misfit" order Bobby Lee and Hiram to take Bailey and John Wesley?
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He didn't look like he had common blood but came from good people
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Why did grandmother say that the "Misfit" must be a good man?
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Pray
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What did grandmother keep telling the "Misfit" he should do?
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Bailey's yellow shirt with blue parrots on it
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What did Bobby Lee bring back from the woods?
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not a cloud in it not any sun
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What was the sky like while grandmother talked with the "Misfit"?
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Signing
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Since the "Misfit" can't make all that he did wrong fit all the punishment he has received he has started _________ a written copy of what he has done wrong?
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Meanness
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What did the "Misfit" find pleasure in?
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All her money
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What did grandmother offer him not to shoot her?
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Sprang back and shot her three times
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What did the "Misfit" do when grandmother reached out and touched him after saying that he was one of her own children?
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Took off his glasses and began to clean them
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After shooting grandmother, what did the "Misfit" do
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Shoot
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The "Misfit" said grandmother would have been a good woman if there had been someone to ________ her every minute of her life?
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cat
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Who did the "Misfit" leave alive?
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Foreshadowing
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The author gives you hints of what is going to happen in the story
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Author
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Flanney O' Connor
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The Grandma:
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-protagonist -round character: at first she looks down at people but towards the very end of the story she sees people as all the same.
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Examples of foreshadowing
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-passing Tomsboro> a "tomb" where dead bodies are kept .. The name of this place that they past sounds like tomb -the car that the misfit was driving-hearse> carries coffins -the Forrest that looks like it's going to eat them up
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Epiphany
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-a sudden understanding or insight that changes the way a character views the world
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What does the grandma have at the very end of the story?
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-she has an epiphany where she realises that everyone is the same
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Point of view
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3rd person
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Why does Grandma get dressed up for the road trip?
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-they will know she's a lady -If they find her body on the side of the road
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Who is Edgar Atkins Teagarden?
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-very wealthy man -she felt she should of married him -the racist story of the little boy who ate it with the initials E.A.T
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Most important example of Irony
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-when the Grandma didn't want to go to Florida because of the misfit but then she ends up leading the family directly to the misfit.
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Examples of Irony
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-bringing the cat -"this is the last time we will stop for anything"
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The real reason the Grandmother does not want to go to Florida.
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-wants to visit family in Tenasssea
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What does she tell Baily why she doesn't want to go to Florida?
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-there's a misfit running around
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The side trip
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- a house with a secrete panel
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What does the Grandmother say to the misfit that seals the fate of the family?
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-that she recognises him
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The misfits response?
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Would of been better if you haven't had recognised me
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What does the misfit think is the only source of pleasure in life?
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-meanness
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A Good Man is Hard to Find
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Flannery O'Connor
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Conflict
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2 faiths against each other
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Protagonist
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Grandmother
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Antagonist
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Misfit
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Characters
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Grandmother, Mother, Mistfit, Bailey, Red Sam and his wife, JuneStar, John Wesly, the Misfits goons
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Setting
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On their way to florida
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Theme
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Superficial Faiths, Antagonism
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Climax
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When she spotted and identified the Misfit
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Point of View
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3rd person
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rattling
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a rapid series of short loud sounds
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conscience
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conformity to one's own sense of right conduct
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stocky
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heavy and compact in form or stature
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valise
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a small overnight bag for short trips
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asphyxiate
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deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
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organdy
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a fine, thin cotton fabric usually having a durable crisp finish, white, dyed, or printed: used for blouses, dresses, curtains, trimmings, etc.
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sachet
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a small soft bag containing perfumed powder
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veined
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marked with or as if with veins
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pickaninny
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a small black child
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britches
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an old-fashioned term for pants or trousers
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screwed
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contorted
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bland
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lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics
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courted
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to gain the affections or love or someone
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stucco
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plaster made of cement, sand, and lime for covering exterior walls of buildings
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chinaberry tree
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tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits
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nickelodeon
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a cabinet containing an automatic record player
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disposition
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an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
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yodel
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a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto
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lacy
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made of or resembling lace
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trellis
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latticework used to support climbing plants
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arbors
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a leafy, shady recess formed by tree branches, shrubs, etc.
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suitor
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a man who courts a woman
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craftily
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in a sly, cunning manner
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rigid
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fixed and unmoving
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washes
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large grooves or furrows cut away by rain especially on the side of a dirt road
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embankment
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mound of earth to hold back water support a road
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snarl
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a vicious angry growl
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gulch
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a narrow, rocky valley or gorge; a ravine
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vividly
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clearly, with great detail
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jaunty
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having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
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hoarsely
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with a rough rasping sound
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battered
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damaged by blows or hard usage
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steady
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not subject to change or variation especially in behavior
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embossed
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embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery
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bespectacled
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wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass
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gaped
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held open as if yawning
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latters
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helpers
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card
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a witty amusing person who makes jokes
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knack
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a special way of doing something
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insuck
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action of sucking inwards
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undertaker
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one whose business is the management of funerals
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ought
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zero; same as the number zero
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heaving
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breathing heavily
