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“I know the devil got inside you and made you kill that little girl.” Mary’s mom blames her for what happened and is in denial

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"SMACK! Herbert is a smudge of legs and wings, plastered to the wall. My heart sinks to my feet. ' Pesky little thing,'" The author includes this because earlier on the Mary was compared to the fly(motif), as " Keeps a low profile, never begging for unnecessary attention... and left alone." This shows that

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"SMACK! Herbert is a smudge or legs and wings plastered to the wall...'Pesky little thing' she mumbles"
The author included this to emphasize the PvP conflict between Mary and her mom.Herbert is a representation of Mary, And now that her mom wont reveal the truth about Alyssa, due to new circumstances, Her dreams are now crushed.

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Ms. Carmen chuckles, evil like a witch. "With her record, parental rights aside, she'll be delivering that baby straight into ACS's hands. I'll make sure of it." (pg. 73)
This is important because they are trying to force Mary's baby away from her for good.

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" No no, adoption for your baby ..."mary you are still a ward of the state which means your baby is a ward of the state" the state is trying to take her baby because shes a minor.

well, im sorry , momma, but its time. you have to tell the truth.. I...I dont know what your talking about". she wants her mom to tell the truth about the baby's death, just the mom acts clueless and is in denial . which proves mary's fed up.

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When the lines "I can't keep my baby? All 'cause of Alyssa?...A dam opens and I realize what the sensation is. Hot tears, dripping down my face,..." gives the reader a side of Mary we haven't seen. When she says "all 'cause of Alyssa?" it breaks something within her and she starts to cry in all of the years after Alyssa's death, which she never done, she expresses a side of her that really wants dreams and beliefs.With words like "hot" and dripping" that represent diction within the story. She never thought that the price of taking the blame to Alyssa's death is going stop her from keeping her baby;she never really realized all the consequences that would come when she let everyone think she killed Alyssa.

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"A tightness pinches around my lungs,face hot and tingly. My baby,my Alyssa, they want to take her away from me."
This is important because through out the book Mary wanted people to think she  doesn't care for anyone. But, when she found out they were trying to take her baby it was like a part of her was being taken as well.(pg.70)

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"No, it's too late. You can't! But it's MY baby. It's me and Ted's baby. NOT theirs. They can't do this. It's not fair. It wasn't my fault."(pg.71)

"*SMACK*! Herbert is a smudge of legs and wings, plastered to the wall. My heart sinks to my feet."(pg.77)

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"'you know what i'm talking about . the night Alyssa died . you have to tell them... your plan. i just cant do it anymore.'"
this quote reveals something that might lead mary to the freedom she always wanted... she was talking to her mom about a plan that her mom had and a secret that she was tried of holding...Mary realizes that she has been loyal to her mother and now she has to be loyal to her child and be the mother that her mother never was to her as she was growing up

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"Then she snatches one of the visitors' magazines, rolls it up, and before i can stop her...SMACK! Herbert is a smudge of legs and wings, plastered to the wall. My heart sinks to my feet. 'Pesky little thing'.." (pg 77)

The author added this part as a way of wrapping back to the fly motif in the beginning chapters. In earlier pages, Mary says something along the lines of "How is this fly surviving in here and not me". On page 77, Herbert is finally killed by her mom who Mary describes as evil, diabolical,etc. This part of the chapter was made to show the only thing in the house that Mary related to, is gone because of her mother.

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"that girl has been trouble from the start! i told you it was too soon to let that animal out"
the author added this part because we got a new perspective on how mary is being treated by the adults that are in charge with her. the way that ms stein and ms carmen talk to her makes it seem like she's an animal. this is an animal motif bec

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1.) "There is a brief pause as the world comes crashing around me. Windows break, buildings collapse, people screaming and drowning in the rising sea, and yet somehow I still hear Herbert, buzzing nearby." (Jackson 70)
- Person vs. self conflict, motif, figurative language, imagery. This  quote is important because Mary is breaking down and Herbert shows up meaning there is still a chance to get out of this situation.

2.) People kept describing her as an animal.

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" she breaks free, eyes glaring . then she snatches one of the visitors magazines rolls it up, and before i can stop her... SMACK! Herbert is a smudge of legs and wings plastered to the wall. My heart sinks to my feet. "pesky little thing" she mumbles throwing the magazine away." (johnson 77) The author included this quote because here it shows how when she confronted her mom about telling them "the actual plan." her mother then killed herbert the fly. In this quote it showed how herbert represented her. he was more than a fly, by her mother killing him , everything mary has felt about her has definitely advanced and came to life.

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"But it's MY baby. It's me and Ted's baby. NOT theirs...It wasn't my fault.
This is important because something that's Mary's is going to be taken away from her again when she didn't do anything wrong