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@Cathmaryhammer1 What’s your Instagram

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@Cathmaryhammer1 Yeah i did

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@litwithlayton This is pretty obvious but the speech helped me realize that you can control how you let inconveniences affect you. You’re conscious of helping yourself not let certain situations get to you by having a perspective other than the center of your life #laylit20

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@zhack999 and this is why Pi Ying was so eager to take the bait #laylit20

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@zhack999 I think it was also about convincing Pi Ying to take the bait. If Kelly chose a less important person to him, Pi Ying wouldn’t have cared as much to kill that person, but since it was Lelly’s own son, Pi Ying couldn’t wait to make Kelly miserable and kill the son #laylit20

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@Nanditaa_K It’s probably necessary to separate yourself from emotions for difficult decisions, otherwise you wouldn’t never make a decision or sacrifice because you’d think too much about your feelings and not the bigger picture. Thinking logically would be the best choice #laylit20

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@AlyssaGoldstei5 I don’t think he’s highlighting the strength of women because he has a 5’2 man dominating a 6’ woman. It kind of shows how, even though the ego and confidence of the woman is very high, she’s powerless once she gets trapped by Billy the poet. #laylit20

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@CappabiancaMeg The probably blocked him out to not get “fooled” by him or to show him that he has no power over them. He was also good at make disguises and maybe tricked them into thinking he looked like something when he really didn’t. He obviously had a lot of power to change minds #laylit20

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@litwithlayton He doesn’t seem restricted or held back by his own emotions, and he’s not offended when Catharine rejects him. He has one goal only, and one obstacle (her fiancé) isn’t going to distract him from that goal. He’s not afraid to just let everything out #laylit20

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@litwithlayton lessened, showing that the harmful equality didn’t really benefit anyone #laylit20

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@litwithlayton Even though people were equal, there were people in the government with higher power. Communism wouldn’t work because there is power by numbers, and diminishing those who are stronger won’t make others feel happier. Hazel did not feel better when George’s intelligence was

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@litwithlayton It’s interesting how Vonnegut’s piece made things worse for those with special strengths. He could have chosen to give the “normal” people extra strength or a something that enhances them, rather than dimming the shine of others. There are two ways to make things equal #laylit20

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@leena_khashab Adam was also a child (17-18, still young) and we know how she felt with the twins case that resulted in a child’s death. Because she got to know Adam, it hurt extra that she wasn’t there for him when he didn’t really have anyone and it led to him not wanting to live #laylit20

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@litwithlayton I think she realized that her orderly way of going about life and staying on one path without diverging actually CAN cause harm. She lived for the rules of her career and nothing else, and it ended up in someone’s death, even if it wasn’t entirely her fault. #laylit20

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@CappabiancaMeg It’s kind of expected that she doesn’t tell Jack about this because technically, she doesn’t owe him anything, and also, she didn’t tell him about the siamese twins case that changed her atmosphere, so this probably isn’t that different #laylit20

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@ShahTisya Her work also relates to this quote because, as a judge, she always knows what the decision will be before the other people. The only time that defers from this in the book is when Adam makes unexpected actions #laylit20

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@EschbachJackie McEwan kind of has a reason to diss religion because it would have led to Adam’s death. I think it’s a message to some people who go to the extreme, and McEwan wants to show that there isn’t really a purpose to going that far in religion. It’s good until it’s harmful #laylit20

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@litwithlayton I think it might have confirmed what Adam’s motives are, even if they’re not harmful. He did mention sailing away with her and he followed her everywhere, which is pretty extreme. By saying and doing these things who knows what his limits are towards her #laylit20

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@CappabiancaMeg I think they have a big role because it shows how much she separates her work and her personal life. Reading about her personal issues shows another side to being a judge and it shows how her work actually helps her deal with difficult events like her husband #laylit20

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@litwithlayton Fiona is someone outside his usual community who actual listens to what he has to say and seems to understand him. Because of this, he has more trust in her because she sees not strongly one way or another, so he sees her as someone he can really trust #laylit20