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Analysis Of Zeena
Within chapters 6-8, we learned of Zeena’s outlandish illness, the extent of the sad and endearing love that Ethan and Mattie have shared, and final to what moral ends Ethan is willing to go so that he may stay with Mattie even if it is against Zeena’s wishes. I look to the text so that I may have a greater understanding of these three characters throughout this chapter so that I may develop my opinion, “It's the way your father began, and I was warned of it when I took you, and I tried to keep my things where you couldn't get at 'em--and now you've took from me the one I cared for most of all-- ” this makes Zeena seem heartless towards both Ethan and Mattie to see appears to only care about the things she has not their marriage, “"Because
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