... to write it in just that way. I hate you with all my heart, he wrote, I hate you, Hatsue, I hate you always. It was at this point that he ripped the sheet from his writing pad, crumpled it, and threw it into the sea- (Guterson, 237). Ultimately, Ishmael's plot to ruin Kabuo and his marriage with Hatsue fills the void left behind ... ...

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