Should Uncle Clarence be forgiven?
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Should Uncle Clarence be forgiven?
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I understand how often children of abuse tend to abuse others as they get older. However, these actions should not be taken lightly and should not be swept under the rug in a book. People who have been abused need to learn to deal with their past and get counseling or other help to ensure that it doesn't continue. The book doesn't really show what Maureen's feelings are when she is abused by Uncle Clarence. Now we have added to the cycle which is so unfair.
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Should he be forgiven? I believe so. And that has nothing to do with the trauma he endured as a child. We all do things for which we need forgiveness. What he experienced as a child was awful, but it should by no means be used to excuse what what he did (or attempted to do) to Maureen.
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I agree with your thoughts here. I also felt like it was just swept away and I don't feel like the response was aproppriate to the situation. Despite the trauma that Clarence went through, he was a grown man and his traumatic experience happened when he was very young. He has had a lot of time to attempt to work through that trauma, but he chose not to (at least to the readers knowledge). He has continued to let his traumatic experience run his life and his actions. I don't think that he should have been forgiven as easily as he was.valeriejane wrote: ↑17 Nov 2020, 10:27 This was the part of the book, I disagreed with. I felt this was not handled or addressed properly. Attempted rape was minimized and swept under the rug. There were no consequences for Uncle Clarence's actions and he was depicted as poor Uncle Clarence. He is a grown man. What about Maureen?
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