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In these two chapters, Doctor Thorne learns that his niece's other uncle, Roger Scatcherd, has made him the executor of his estate. Inside of his will he has stipulated that if something should happen to his son, his only heir, then the bulk of his estate, which includes $200K, will go to his sister's first born child, which just so happens to be Doctor Thorne's niece Mary. Doctor Thorne spends the bulk of the remaining chapters going back and forth debating on whether he should tell Roger about this development.

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The way Trollope continues to add dimension to the story through multiple plot lines always impresses me, but this one in particular I was surprised by. I knew that Mary would need to inherit in some way so that she could be with her obvious future man, Frank Gresham the younger, but I truly did not know how it was going to happen. I am curious to know if Roger Scatcherd, her unknown uncle, will come to be known to her or if he will die before she or Doctor Thorne can make him aware of the situation.

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Doctor Thorne's internal struggle in regard to the future well-being of his niece and the seemingly underhanded way it might occur contributes to his upstanding character.

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leading up to this point in the comic a band of brothers is exiled from their home town- for what we don't know. every time it is brought up it includes a funny remark like they dropped a pie on the mayor or they taxed the people to pay for a float that ended  up killing the mayor. - they are separated in the desert only to be attacked by rodents saved by dragons an meet a lover. after a while they end up finding each  other in a valley town.
Now onto the pages i read. there is a local festival held every year where they race cows and make bets and sell their yearly crops. an old grandmother of the town has many cows and has won the race for the past decade. one of the brothers who is very greedy decides to make a scam where he convinced everyone that the grandmother was way to old to race cows anymore and to bet on a mystery cow. this mystery cow in question which no one has seen is one of the other brothers in a costume. the grandmothers "boyfriend" sees this scam and bets everything on the Grandmother. when the race starts the mystery cow stayed in the lead until they reached the woods where nobody could see. the mystery cow tried to fall back but was attacked by the rodent creatures which ruined the race and revealed their scam. page 208 ended with the two brothers working for the tavern keep who bet everything on the grandmother. the brothers have to work to pay off their debt.

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This was one hundred percent my favorite part of the whole book so far as it ended the climax of the past two hundred pages! i really liked the development between Fone Bone and the grandmothers daughter because it provides contrast to the underlying horror that is still being developed and was seen when the Bones got attacked by the large rat creatures. i felt very upset and angry throughout this part of the story because the greedy bone (i'm not sure if i was clear but the last names of the brothers are Bone and are addressed as so) was scamming all the townsfolk. i was extremely happy that they got what they deserved at the end when they had to help the tavernkeep and the grandmother forever. i just wonder if this is going to have an implication as the story progresses.

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the actions of the two greedy bones by scamming the public during the great cow race helps contribute and build the good and heatfelt qualities of Fone Bone as he goes around and helps people in and out of the wake of his brothers.

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the beginning chapters of this shorter novel are slower with less action as they are mainly used to create a setting and make the beginning of the plot. the book starts off by explaining that a local astronomer has been seeing abnormal events coming from mars, it set the stage of a smaller town named Woking which would be the setting for the next two to three chapters. a few nights after the astronomer notices these abnormalities a meteor flies overhead and lands in a field near Woking. the astronomer searches for the meteor which he had seen impact the field. when he finds it he is so astonished at his find he tried to convince others of what he found to no avail until a newspaper publisher follows him an publish the story about "the men from mars" and the whirring noise coming from the meteor. soon news caught on and everyone was intrigued and for many days stud around the meteor or capsule as they thought it was.

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the first three chapters of this book where very long and dull, but very intriguing because the reactions that the people had feel real and not real at the same time. it made sense that the astronomer who found the capsule was ignored when he tried to tell people about his find because he was so short on breath that he could only get out a few words and the wrd that he decided where a good choice of words where something along the lines of meteor... crash... aliens. i also felt that the reactions of the publication by the news paper writer where very real because it was very overexadurated and when hearing about these crazy stories people would obviously want to walk just down the street to see what was going on. what didn't feel real was that groups of people from all around came to look at the meteor because of this story. it makes sense for people to come see it but the author portays that even though it wasnt thousands of people the people would stay for a long time just to see this "capsule" i really liked these first chapters looking back because they gave a lot of information about the mindsets of the people in this area and explains reasons for the actions to take place later in the story

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the astronomers struggle to get people to believe his thoughts before the capsule landed and after the capsule landed contribute to the determination he has for expressing his ideas and helping others.

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Chapters four through six were packed full of action. everything that has happened so far in the book has been based off of speculation it wasn't until these three chapters that we begin to see the scale of whats happening. the main character who hasn't been named yet decides to return to the cylinder, upon which he saw the crowds of people ever increasing. make events simple, the cylinder opens and everyone runs backwards away from it, a man stuck in the pit with the aliens that escaped the cylinder was killed. after a while as it began to turn to night someone decided to approach the cylinder waving a flag to symbolize peace. this was a bad decision as the aliens which didn't move from their spot began to shoot what described as a heat ray that killed many in the crowed including the man with the white flag. and our main character who had gotten to a vantage point trying to see the aliens a while ago watched in horror as the people of nearby towns were burnt to a crisp.

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there was a huge change in pace during these chapters it felt fast paced and exciting and made me excited to read more. i really liked these chapters not for the alien attacks but because it provided the main problem for the rest of the story AND answered many questions and speculations created in the first 3 chapters. there was also a lot of character development in these chapters because we see through the eyes of the main character as he witnesses these traumatic events and recalls them.

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the events that the main character witnessed help progress the story by contributing to the character development that the main character is ready to leave but is also aware of what he will have to face unlike other who don't know what their dealing with.

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summarizing the next three chpaters is relativly easy as the author H.G wells takes a moment for you and the main character to catch their breath. he also takes this time to move onto what the next actions of the book will be. - after seeing what happened to the group of people down in the field our main character takes a run for it. he runs as far as he can go. I believe that it is at this moment that he make a realization that the aliens cannot move far, as they have not adjusted to earths gravity. after running for what seemed all night he reaches home and tells his wife and others in the town about what he had seen. to no avail nobody but his wife believed him. that night another cylinder falls from the sky and wakes him. the next morning he talks to his neighbors and military making their way through town, nothing happens for the rest of the day. it was that night when he and his wife where talking. a heat ray rips through the steeple on the chapel our main character see's this he realizes that the aliens where close and takes his family and all their belongings, even the butler. hops in a carriage and starts driving to the next town.

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after being overwhelmed in the previous chapters these chapters where perfect and allowed me as the reader to reflect on what was happening and to picture what the next steps in the book are. i also think that this change in pace is indicating and foreshadowing what is about to happen. i was also relieved when the main character decided to leave town because i think he overstayed his welcome. the second i hear the aliens have touched down i will be in Greenland hiding under ground. but yet here our character is just standing here watching these things as they kill his neighbors.

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the portrayal of the main characters family shows us that they believe each other and respect each other. but who knows if an alien cut a building in half right in front of me from miles away. i think i too would be willing to believe anything and be ready to run if i already wasn't. these chapters where also important as even though they haven't provided a motive from the aliens they have provided more information about understanding the aliens.