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Dr. Kerry wants Tara to realize how big it is that Professor Steinberg sees her as ¨pure gold¨ and tells her in other words to believe in herself, tell herself she can, until she actually can. (pg.243)

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Why does dad all of a sudden care about Tara´s graduation/education? ¨I´m looking forward to your graduation¨ - pg. 250

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Terrible parenting on Faye and Gene's side to not show up and support Tara at her graduation receiving the most outstanding undergraduate award.

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It is very surprising that Shawn & Emily are now married and with a child. Due to there relationship being TOXIC.

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While Tara's at a restaurant with her mom and dad, she realizes her dad's strong opinions and thoughts no longer affect her like how they used to when she was growing up on Buck's Peak. "It's astonishing that I used to believe all this without the slightest suspicion, the whole world was wrong; only Dad was right." (249)

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It seems that Tara seems to be dealing with some type of identity crisis? or just some low self esteem? I think it has to be due to the ways Shawn and her dad have treated her up until she went to college. But what else could be a factor?

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Tara was mimicking Shannons style while talking to Charles, she felt like she has Shannon

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Tara quits her job at the grocery store because her father won´t allow her to come back home if she doesn´t. Soon after she quits, she is notified that she has earned a scholarship but now no longer has a job.

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The father being able to say a racial slur in front of his children to therefore influence Shawn to think it's okay for both of them to say it to Tara just because she had black grease all over her face.

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Now that Tara is back home her dad is suddenly taking charge over her, by wanting her to return back to working in the Junkyard forcefully.

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Tara is doing a very good job at turning her life around. She went from working with her dad and getting forced out of school to getting advice and doing super well in college.

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Will Shawn hurt Tara again even though he is siding with her?

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Shawn siding with Tara and confronting his father, might be a sign that he is becoming a different person.

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Shawn is a very helpful in these few chapters. He saved Tara from disaster from her dad. In my opinion, I felt like he was a hero because he was the only to stop dad from hurting more people. (pg. 141)

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Now that Shawn has become more supportive of Tara's decisions , How do we feel about him?

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Gene going into to Tara's room practically degrading her for wanting to go to college because God was displeased and would punish her for the idea of going.

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Tara realizes that in order for her to have a normal life she's going to have to distance herself from her father. She'll never be able to have both. (pg 132)

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Why doesn't Tara just leave? What's keeping her from leaving that house? 

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Why doesn't Tara just leave? What's keeping her from leaving that house? 

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Why does Shawn have such frequent mood swings? One moment he's bonding with Tara playing roadtrip games, and the next moment he's physically assaulting her.

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Shawn is a very terrible person and abusive, controlling, psychotic, and just in general a mentally ill person.

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Shawn is a terrible person overall but at least he knows that he is in the wrong. ¨Don´t do what I did.¨ pg. 100

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Did Gene implicate the way Shawn is beginning to Act?
( physically & mentally  hurting Tara)

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Please make sure your post is GREEN.

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Why was Tara's dad being so supportive towards her performing? What was his thought?

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Why doesn't the dad take responsibility of his own tragic actions? pg. 93

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While Tara is trapped inside the scrap bin about to die, she wonders if her dad would wait till he knew she was safe to continue dumping metal in the bin. But Tara knows in the back of her mind that her father wouldn't wait. (pg 64)

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Why is the dad against the government? Is it all just religion?

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The realization that her father could potentially have bipolar disorder after Tara heard her phycologist professor talking about the illness. (29-30)