Jillian Stanton

[Jillian Stanton @stanton_shindle]

How I imagined Josh running towards McBane with determination and vengeance in mind, despite all other black men dropping dead behind him #tmot35

[Jillian Stanton @stanton_shindle]

#tmot35

[Jillian Stanton @stanton_shindle]

#tmot31

[Jillian Stanton @stanton_shindle]

Also could this dream of Olivia reaching out for her sister’s hand/help be a sign that she needs Janet in her life to survive and save her from her own internal argument about what to do after finding her father’s will and marriage certificate? #tmot31

[Jillian Stanton @stanton_shindle]

Could Olivia’s dream of Dodie foreshadow his actual death and fulfill the bad luck of the mole behind his ear from the beginning of the book? #tmot31

[Jillian Stanton @stanton_shindle]

ostracism (n): exclusion from a society or group

vicarious (adj): experiences in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person
#tmot31

[Jillian Stanton @stanton_shindle]

dotage (n): the period of life in which a person is old and weak

bequeathed (v): leave (a personal estate or one’s body) to a person or other beneficiary by a will
#tmot30

[Jillian Stanton @stanton_shindle]

presage (n): a sign or warning that something, typically something bad, will happen; an omen or portent

garrison (v): provide (a place) with a body of troops; station (troops) in a particular place
#tmot29

[Jillian Stanton @stanton_shindle]

The term “auto-da-fé” refers to the burning of a heretic by the Spanish Inquisition. In Ellis’s case here in #tmot26 he was having second thoughts about what he proposed he saw and didn’t want to be the cause of Sandy’s “auto-da-fé.”

[Jillian Stanton @stanton_shindle]

Ellis is being a true gentleman here by fulfilling the phrase “if you love something, set it free.” He loves Clara, but is willing to give her up by doing the right thing and exposing Tom to help save Sandy. #tmot26 #TeamEllis

[Jillian Stanton @stanton_shindle]

#tmot26 This is just the text that shows how Ellis came to this conclusion

[Jillian Stanton @stanton_shindle]

When it took you 13 chapters to actually realize Sandy was telling the truth and Tom has been playing Sandy longer than you though #tmot26

[Jillian Stanton @stanton_shindle]

#tmot25

[Jillian Stanton @stanton_shindle]

#tmot20

[Jillian Stanton @stanton_shindle]

arrogate (v): take or claim (something) without justification

scalawag (n): a person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way; a rascal
#tmot21

[Jillian Stanton @stanton_shindle]

blanch (v): make white or pale by extracting color; bleach

ebony (n): a very dark brown or black color
#tmot20

[Jillian Stanton @stanton_shindle]

reveler (n): someone who is enjoying themselves in a lively and noisy way

elation (n): great happiness and exhilaration
#tmot19

[Jillian Stanton @stanton_shindle]

@HuskyShashank I totally agree with you and think that would be an appropriate response if Jerry lived in the 21st century, but due to his situation and everything going on with the future election, I think Jerry was more concerned with his safety than trying to promote his race #tmot28

[Jillian Stanton @stanton_shindle]

This is the 2nd time Ellis did not directly answer questions asked to him (1=Mrs. Ochiltree). Could this be that he did not know what to reply? Or was he trying to protect those he loves by not wanting to say the wrong thing? He is truly a man of few words. #tmot16 #TeamEllis

[Jillian Stanton @stanton_shindle]

How I’d feel if Clara doesn’t drop Tom soon for Ellis. Ellis has done nothing accept to try and protect Clara (especially in #tmot16 when he closed drunken Tom’s door). But Tom is just a financially careless and jealous man who does not truly care about Clara as a person.