Friday, September 12, 2014

In Chapters 23-24, who does the narrator say has the real power in the Pockets' house?Is there proof?

The answer to this question can be found towards the start
of this chapter (Chapter 23).  By my count, it starts around five paragraphs into the
chapter.  I guess that is where I would say the "proof"
is.


What the narrator says is that Mr. and Mrs. Pocket are
not really the ones with the power in their home.  You would think that they would be
because it is their house, but instead, it is actually the servants who seem to have the
power.  The narrator says that the servants let the Pockets have lots of nice stuff, but
that it still appears that the servants keep all the best stuff for
themselves.

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