The character whose morals are obviously the most twisted, so much so that he comes across as malicious and evil, is Glen Waddell. He constantly lets his temper get the best of him, causing violent outbursts in the workplace that cost him numerous jobs. However, this is nothing compared to the mental and physical torment that he inflicts on Bone. He starts thi

Uncle Beau was also quoted as saying “Goddam women and their goddam church going ways....A man don’t need a woman preaching at him all the time” (149). Apparently these men never had anyone “preaching” to them about responsibility and respect for women.

s method of abuse by sexually molesting Bone when she is nine years old in the parking lot of the hospital where her mother is giving birth (46-47). It then escalates into his constantly telling her that she is good for nothing and beating her for the most minor infractions (234). After years of this abuse the violence comes to its peak with a horrifying and brutal rape in which he tells Bone that he prayed for her to die and he would kill her if Anney did not come back to him (283). Anyone who can say that this is a man of sound mind should be locked in a cell along with him.

Being a person who has never really experienced the type of life that these people have gone through, I must seem somewhat judgmental in my criticism of them. On the contrary it would be absurd of me to behold incidents such as these and not acknowledge the truly disturbing reality that, although this is a fictional story, it is not that far-off from the attitudes and behavior exhibited by many people, not only in the South but in much of the world as well.

Another collection of characters whose actions seem irrational are Bone’s uncles. All of them remain in an almost constant state of drunkenness throughout the novel. This point is shown within the first few paragraphs when Bone says “I know that the first time I ever saw Uncle Travis sober was when I was seventeen and

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