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This passage explores the relationship between two children, John Reed and the narrator and about how John Reed continually abuses the narrator.
This passage also explores the feelings of the narrator and of the cruel treatment she receives from her Aunt and her cousin. In providing a detailed description of John Reed, the narrator succeeds in creating contrast between her and John Reed in both appearance and behavior.

The narrator's description of John Reed indicates to the reader that he is an overly-pampered child. This becomes evident when we realize that John's mother had taken him out of school because of ‘his delicate health' which his school master believed was due to the over consumption of ‘sweetmeats and cakes.' However his mother turned a deaf ear to the school master's opinion and was certain that John's condition resulted because of him ‘pining after home.'

John Reed is also portrayed as a heartless, inhumane and cruel boy who not only insults the young......

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Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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