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The Comforts of Home
Character Description ÐŽV
Sarah Ham:
ÐŽ§NymphomaniacЎЁ Pg. 117
ÐŽ§ÐŽKonly nineteen years old.ЎЁ Pg. 119
ÐŽ§Congenital liar.ЎЁ Pg. 121
ÐŽ§Her hair was cut like a dogÐŽ¦s or an elfÐŽ¦s and she was dressed in the latest fashion.ЎЁ Pg. 122
Thomas:
ÐŽ§It was the first time in his thirty-five yearsÐŽKЎЁ Pg. 116
ÐŽ§Thomas loved his mother.ЎЁ 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.ЎЁ Pg. 121
ÐŽ§Born without the moral faculty ÐŽV like somebody else would be born without a kidney or a leg.ЎЁ Pg. 118
Themes ÐŽV
Domestic Disruption:
ÐŽ§His mother, with her daredevil charity, was about to wreck the peace of the house.ЎЁ Pg. 116
ÐŽ§If you bring that girl back into this house, I leave. You can choose ÐŽV her or me.ЎЁ Pg. 116
Moral Concerns:
ÐŽ§Send her back to jail.ЎЁ 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.ЎЁ Pg. 121

ÐŽ§He reddened, feeling it beneath him to show contempt for any creature so pathetic.ЎЁ 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.ЎЁ Pg. 125

ÐŽ§His first instant of hope that she had cut her throatÐŽKЎЁ Pg. 132
ÐŽ§If she shoots herself, so much the better.ЎЁ Pg. 133
ÐŽ§The old man would have been able with no qualms

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