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He couldn't walk into the home and be home again with their being new people and new items and different perspective of what the house looks like.

Out of anger at the end of the story, she reminds her husband that he was the one who invited the stranger into their home. Arguably he was the one who forced both of them to finally acknowledge what truly did happen when they were all still alive in that house years ago, all of the anger, all of the abuse and even death. Joyce Carol Oates certainly seems to offer enough evidence for the reader to arrive at this conclusion. She creates a setting including actual and implied violent incidents and characters in torment, not only the supernatural ghostly visitor, but also the couple who are reminded