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“Her mother Louise, who was abundant and possessed many facilities, gave her daughter every one of the most menial chores to be able to devote her life and her leftover youth to Patrice” (Blais 16)
Shuns daughter because of her unattractive appearance
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“Exasperated, she ingested her rage, her heart crying out to get justice. Yet rebellion offered her durability and her hands grew sharp as knives. ” (Blais 19)
Used to injustice, sharp hands – minimize bread – religious imagery.
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“Crushed and humiliated intended for so long, Isabelle-Marie experienced pleasure as a sort of delirium, a great emotion which consumed both flesh and blood: take pleasure in of the globe, love when confronted with ingratitude.
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Insufficient justice
Earnings to reality from the day time
Denied of self-realization or any sense of true rebirth
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” ‘I have decided to take a trip. I would really like to discuss the latest farm products with some close friends. You see, with fewer workers and more…’
Isabelle-Marie took in, frigid and unresponsive. ” (Blais 22)
I-M receiving kicked from the place the lady belongs, the farms, by equipment bought by Louise
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“At other times, in delirium, he would go out and work around the garden like a madman. He kept out his arms and raced towards lake, in which he plunged his feverish confront and his complete famished human body into the water. ” (Blais 25)
Water: forgiveness, comfort – narcissism
Lives from the land
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“He felt an unusual contempt, half-masculine, half-childish, fantastic dilated nostrils made his mask of pride right into a mask of rebellion. ” (Blais 37)
Hate for Lanz, really wants to rebel, injustice against him
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“Louise’s hand clutched the frail shoulder. Her nails pierced skin. All her contempt on her daughter spurted like pus from her fingernails. ” (Blais 59)
Louise damages her child to know so what happened to Patrice
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“Before her stood Patrice, always Patrice, the one who had been admired, comprehended, the Idiot! The uglier she experienced, the more smashed and humiliated, the more the lady thought about destroying her brother’s unjust natural beauty. ” (Blais 84)
Envious of Patrice’s beauty and how that helps him in his lifestyle
Foreshadows revenge
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“Frightened by this new tone of voice, the child kneeled in front of Louise. ” (Blais 104)
Not her mistake, yet can be chastised for doing it
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“Mother, from the time I was a kid you loved Patrice as they was fabulous and resented me, the ugly a single. … Would you think I had formed no feelings just because I was ugly? “
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