Dbq Miss Strangeworth's Letter

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After Miss Strangeworth failed to mail the letter, and left too soon, the Harris boy had noticed the letter on the ground and pick it up. After reading the address and receiver for the letter, the Harris boy suggested the idea of delivering the letter himself with the intention for delivering the news from Miss Strangeworth. Although this seemed like a grand idea to the Harris boy, Linda was contrasting of it and did not care for the letter. So the Harris boy suggested that he deliver the letter himself, for the purpose of, their being excellent news within the letter. When Don Craine received the letter, he perhaps presumed that Miss Strangeworth should receive one back, since the information given in her letter was unpleasant, and harsh. …show more content…

After pondering on the hurtful letter, Doc Craine would have took actions into his own hands, and also, would have written the green letter back to Miss Strangeworth. Moreover, he would’ve been so angry that he revealed the truth to the town about the unlabeled letters. Whenever Doc Craine finished writing the letter, he would have mailed it back to her hoping that Miss Strangeworth would read it, and then, he appeared to her house to ruin her roses. Which would give purpose and reasoning to who ruined the flowers of Miss Strangeworth and why. Consequently, Miss Strangeworth had received what she deserved, and Doc Craine got justice for the …show more content…

In the beginning, Miss Strangeworth presents herself as elder of the town, and furthermore, considered herself to be superior compared to the rest of her town. Yet despite this, Miss Strangeworth never intended to be a tyrant, but rather, a strong symbol of mannerism for her town (page 204, lines 9-14). After having confrontations with other townspeople, we later find out that, in the home of Miss Strangeworth, that she was the town’s blackmailer (page 210, lines 176-193). Yet her only intention was to inform her people to always be alert, and also, to keep their eyes open for the evils that may be lurking in the town. Although these could have prevented evil to arise in the town, the evil finally had met Miss Strangeworth in the end, leading to her roses’ demise (page 214, lines

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