Friday, November 15, 2013

Reverend Hightower

  At the end of chapter sixteen, Hightower loses it. I wonder why his character changed from calm to crazy. Does anyone have any ideas of why Hightower snaps? Why does he decide to isolate himself from his only friend Byron by telling him to get out? What is going on in the reverend's head? I wonder, I wonder...
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  1. UnknownNovember 17, 2013 at 11:24 AM

    From what I read, I understood that they want Hightower to say that Christmas had been with him instead of with Mrs. Byron. Hightower didn't agree for some reason which is when he started to loose it. He probably was scared of getting caught with the lie and didn't want to think of what would happen to him if he was. He might have felt horrible because he might have felt used.

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  2. UnknownNovember 17, 2013 at 9:25 PM

    Like Yessica mentioned, Byron wanted him to say that Christmas was with him on the day of the crime. That may have lead him to loose it because he just does not want to get involved in another scandal and that brings him mermories about his wife. He probably isolates himself because he does not want to get harmed by the people that surround him.

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  3. UnknownNovember 18, 2013 at 5:49 AM

    That makes sense. I did not understand that in the novel before.

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