Where are the children? Flashcards
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- We understand more of what happened and why Nancy moved
- It’s the birthday of Nancy
- A storm is coming, but the children are still playing outside
- We know the name of the BG, Mr. Parrish
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- Glimpse of the life of Jonathan Knowles, a retired lawyer who is writing a book
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- Glimpse of the life of Jonathan Knowles, a retired lawyer who is writing a book about well-known homicide trials
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- It’s the kidnapping of Michael and Missy by Mr. Parrish
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- It’s the kidnapping of Michael and Missy by Mr. Parrish
- He arrives at the Eldredge’s house, hides is car, and then, take the children, He plunged a needle on the kids to make them sleepy (drugs)
- He puts the children under his raincoat in his car
- While leaving the house, Mr. Parrish sees a car that went towards him (the car after pulled up at the Eldredge’s house, it’s Rob)
- At almost ten, Mr. Parrish goes at the Wiggins Market, as usual, to have an alibi
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- Nancy sees the newspaper and burns it
- She goes outside and can’t find the children. She goes to Maushop Lake where she faints. It’s there where Ray and Dorothy found her.
- The storm is building
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- Nancy is regaining consciousness
- Ray + Dorothy don’t know what happened and don’t know where the children are. They want to call the police
- Nancy wants to die (that’s what she thoughts)
- Nancy can hear, but can’t talk
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- There is a lot of police cars at the Eldredge’s house
- Mr. Parrish brings Missy + Michael at the lookout and their drugs effects stop
- Mr. Parrish talks to them. He says that Nancy is dead and that he is going to kill them tonight
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- We understand the story of Lendon Miles (a doctor)
- Background info on Priscilla Kiernan (Nancy’s mom) + Nancy’s past
- Doctor Miles is going to Cape Cod to see Nancy, after hearing of the Eldredge’s children disappearance (is lives in Boston)
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- Nancy finally wakes up
- The (police, reporter, inspector…) are doing everything they can to find the children
- Nancy is still in shock
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- Nancy finally wakes up
- The (police, reporter, inspector…) are doing everything they can to find the children
- Nancy is still in shock, under a relaxer
- Chief thinks Nancy is guilty
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- From Jonathan Knowles
- Background info/story on Rob Ledger + Nancy
- We now know how Peter + Lisa died
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- POV + info on Mr. Parrish, info on weather, storm
- High tide is at seven o’clock and Mr. Parrish plans to go at the attic at this hour, and then, go at the window’s walk and throw the kids in the ocean. He has five hours. Only fed them milk and cookies
- Parrish looks at the kids and think their beautiful
- He undressed Missy to make her take a bath and put baby powder, that he stole this morning, on her
- While Missy started to wake up, the phone rang. Missy starts to wail. It’s Dorothy. She calls Mr. Parrish to tell him that she’ll be bringing the prospective buyer of the house in twenty minutes.
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- From+ info on Mr. Parrish, info on weather, storm
- High tide is at seven o’clock and Mr. Parrish plans to go at the attic at this hour, and then, go at the window’s walk and throw the kids in the ocean. He has five hours. Only fed them milk and cookies
- Parrish looks at the kids and think their beautiful
- He undressed Missy to make her take a bath and put baby powder, that he stole this morning, on her
- While Missy started to wake up, the phone rang. Missy starts to wail. It’s Dorothy. She calls Mr. Parrish to tell him that she’ll be bringing the prospective buyer of the house in twenty minutes.
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- Dorothy + John visit the Lookout with Mr. Parrish (for his apartment)
- Courtney Parrish hided the children in one of his closets (also, he forgot to hide the telescope and the duck toy)
- John finds Mr. Parrish suspicious and Dorothy is anxious
- They don’t find the children and while getting in the car, Dorothy finds Missy’s mitten in the garage of the Lookout, she begins to cry
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- Nancy is being interrogated in her house under a truth serum, she is anxious, and her ideas aren’t clear
- Different perspectives: Nancy, Bernie, Dorothy… everybody is gathered in the living room
- Dr. Miles asks many questions to Nancy about her past. The past with Carl Harmon is suspicious and Nancy doesn’t want to talk very much about it
- Otto Linden claims that he has filled the gas tank of Rob Ledger, who looked anxious, at 9:00 am this morning
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Type of conflicts?
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I think the main conflict of the story is man vs man. In the story, it would be Carl Harmon/Carl Parrish against Nancy. They are fighting against each other since more than seven years. There is also so many others little conflict. There is, for example, other man vs man conflict, like Mr. Parrish against Michael, Mr. Parrish against John Kragopoulos. There is also man vs society, for example, Nancy against the society, everybody that think she is guilty of the crimes. There is also man vs self, which is Nancy against herself, where she fights against her mind and feelings. Finally, there is man vs nature, which is in the story, the characters against the storm. The storm makes everything much more complicate and dangerous.
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Nancy?
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She is rounded, because she is like us. She is well developped and has a complicated personality. We know a lot about her, and the rounded character is often the portagonist, which is the case of Nancy in the story.
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Ray?
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He is a static character, because he is the stereotypical good husband. Ray is a very good and protective husband of Nancy. He is a stereotype of the perfect husband.
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- P.O.V + info on John Kragopoulos
- After leaving Dorothy, John decides to go eat something before heading to New York
- He goes to a restaurant named the Stage away where he talks to the bartender about the Lookout and Mr. Parrish
- He finally decides to return to the Lookout because he thinks that something is off.
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Chief Jed Coffin?
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He is a dynamic character, because he changes by the end of the story. Effectively, from almost the beggining of the story to the end, Chief Jed Coffin thinks Nancy is guilty and that she kidnapped her children. At the end,
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Setting?
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Where: In the Cape, Cape Cod, Nancy lived with Carl Harmon in San Francisco next to the campus
When/weather conditions: ON NOVEMBER 17TH, it all happen on the birthday of Nancy, except prologue, in the 1970’s, storm is here,
The Eldredge’s house: old cape cod house, swing and forest in the backyard, a very big lake near the house
The lookout/the old Hunt house: It’s a very big house with fourth floor. It’s directly next to the ocean. The first, second and last floor are the house and the fourth floor is the apartment of Mr. Parrish. In his bedroom, he has a telescope room that has direct view to Eldredge’s house.
Mood/atmosphere: it’s dark which makes it creepy
Social conditions: Ray and Nancy aren’t poor, but they aren’t rich, they are in the middle. They have a big house and they have no problem to provide for their needs.
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Alibi of Rob Ledger (Peter + Lisa)?
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The alibi of Rob Ledger is
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Alibi of Carl Harmon (Peter + Lisa)?
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His alibi is that he was buying his food at Wiggin’s market around ten in the morning, like he always does.
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Why Carl didn't want Nancy and Lisa to go to the Doctor?
Carl didn't want Nancy and Lisa to go the doctor, because he would have known that Lisa, and eventully Nancy, were drugded and sexually abuse by Carl. Indeed, Carl made Nancy take pills that made her all sleepy and weird and always used to hit Lisa for no reason. If they had gone to the doctor, the thruth would have been known and important consequences would have happened to Carl.
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Description of the Lookout?
Old captain's house. It’s a very big house with fourth floor. It’s directly next to the ocean. The first, second and last floor are the house and the fourth floor is the apartment of Mr. Parrish. In his bedroom, he has a telescope room that has direct view to Eldredge’s house, begun the construction in the 1690,
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- Nancy is being interrogated in her house under a truth serum, she is anxious, and her ideas aren’t clear
- Different perspectives: Nancy, Bernie, Dorothy… everybody is gathered in the living room
- Dr. Miles asks many questions to Nancy about her past. The past with Carl Harmon is suspicious and Nancy doesn’t want to talk very much about it
- Otto Linden claims that he has filled the gas tank of Rob Ledger, who looked anxious, at 9:00 am this morning
- When Nancy is with Carl, he makes her take “vitamins” so that she wouldn’t be tired anymore. However, it didn’t work because it was actually drugs that made her more sleepy. That’s why she was always tired and can’t really remember clearly the times she as with Carl.
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- John is returning to The Lookout, but while driving the power goes off, he sees almost nothing outside
- He arrives at The Lookout and it’s all dark. John thinks he is crazy and returns to his car. Suddenly, he sees a light in the kitchen. He sees Courtney searching for Michael, finding him and grapping him.
- As a superhero, John destroys a window. He goes in the house, yell to Michael to run and find help and starts to fight Courtney.
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- From + info on the Wigginses
- They look at the television news while talking
- Mrs. Wiggins thinks that Cark Harmon seems familiar. She also says that she liked Missy and Michael and doesn’t think Nancy could have done something to theme
- She also says that she is absolutely certain that Mr. Parrish had stolen a large can of baby powder this morning
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- From + info on the family Keene: Patrick, Ellen, Neil, Jimmy, Deirdre and Kit
- They are sad for Nancy + Ray, but happy that their own children are safe.
- Neil says that he recognizes Carl Harmon because he is the one that gave him a dollar to ask for his mail at the post office last month. He is fatter, thinks Neil.
- Ellen wanted to call the police to tell them, but finally changes idea
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- From + info on Courtney alias Carl Harmon
- Info on his kidnapping of Peter and Lisa, his own children
- He continues to search for Michael while the power is still out which makes it more difficult for him
- Then, he sees a small shadow being the couch in the little back parlour and lets out a hysterical whinny because he is sure that’s Michael
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- POV + info on Rob Ledger
- Rob is still walking outside trying to find a cottage where he could hide. He also needs to hide from the police cars
- While walking, Rob thinks a lot. He doesn’t think Nancy had anything to do with the disappearance of Michael and Missy. He thinks to what he is going to say if he gets arrested. He also thinks about the car he saw when he arrived at the Eldredge’s house aka Mr. Parrish car.
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- From + info on Rob Ledger
- Rob is still walking outside trying to find a cottage where he could hide. He also needs to hide from the police cars
- While walking, Rob thinks a lot. He doesn’t think Nancy had anything to do with the disappearance of Michael and Missy. He thinks to what he is going to say if he gets arrested. He also thinks about the car he saw when he arrived at the Eldredge’s house aka Mr. Parrish car.
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- From + info on Thurston Givens, a retired lawyer living on the Cape
- He is watching the storm from his back porch when he sees someone out there, visibly trying to stay hidden
- Rapidly, he calls the police to signal it. He talks to Sergeant Poler
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- Most info on Nancy
- She is more waken up
- Ray tells her that Rob was saw this morning. Then Dr. Miles + Jonathan comes in the room and tell that Jed Coffin went out because they found Rob. Ray + DR. Miles + Johnathan will also go and Nancy + Dorothy will stay in the house.
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- Most info on Nancy
- She is more waken up
- Ray tells her that Rob was saw this morning. Then Dr. Miles + Jonathan comes in the room and tell that Jed Coffin went out because they found Rob. Ray + DR. Miles + Johnathan will also go and Nancy + Dorothy will stay in the house.
- Nancy goes to take a shower and thinks about Carl Harmon and starts to throw up and feel very weird.
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- It gets really intense + suspense
- Ray + Jonathan are arriving at the police station to see Rob, at bit after Dr. Mile. Ellen and Pat are there too, waiting on a bench, to tell their information to Chief Jed
- Ray is angry at Rob. Jonathan is now the lawyer of Rob. Rob finally tells everything. The Wiggins come to the police station too, to tell Chief about the baby powder stolen
- While Rob is talking about the car (station wagon) he saw this morning, a sergeant comes in telling Chief that he should go talk to Ellen, Pat and the Wigginses
- Rob is scared that if Missy and Michael won’t be found, he is going to be assumed has the kidnapper, which he is not
- Rob decides to tell everything after they made a deal (Rob with the others)
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- POV + info on Thurston Givens, a retired realtor living on the Cape
- He is watching the storm from his back porch when he sees someone out there, visibly trying to stay hidden
- Rapidly, he calls the police to signal it. He talks to Sergeant Poler
- He is 80-89 years old. Knew Ray’s father + old friend of Chief Jed
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- End of the story, very important chapter
- Summary of what really happened. Mr. Parrish is Carl and he is dead now, and everybody else is alive
- Everybody is gathered together at the Wigginses store, but everyone is very tired
- After being pulled out of the water still alive, Carl confessed is guilt for murdering Lisa and Peter + the murdering of Priscilla Kiernan
- Jed is ashamed that he thought all day that Nancy was guilty
- Dorothy is sad, because she feels that she is responsible for this, but Jonathan comforts her and says it’s the fault of “everybody”
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- End of the story, very important chapter
- Summary of what really happened. Mr. Parrish is Carl and he is dead now, and everybody else is alive
- Everybody is gathered together at the Wigginses store, but everyone is very tired
- After being pulled out of the water still alive, Carl confessed is guilt for murdering Lisa and Peter + the murdering of Priscilla Kiernan
- Jed is ashamed that he thought all day that Nancy was guilty
- Dorothy is sad, because she feels that she is responsible for this, but Jonathan comforts her and says it’s the fault of “everybody”
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Evidence that proof that the story takes place in the 1970’s?
- The description of the houses on the cape
- Non cell phones, just ancient phones
- Use of typewriter instead of computer
- Maybe the cars?
- Also, men use pipes, like Ray, which is something that his very mostly unusual now, but not back then.
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Evidence that proof that the story takes place in the 1970’s?
- The description of the houses on the cape
- Non cell phones, just ancient phones
- Use of typewriter instead of computer
- Maybe the cars?
- Also, men use pipes, like Ray, which is something that his very mostly unusual now, but not back then.
- People all read the newspaper, which I smore unusual now
