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Mary goes out on her first remote teaching job, only to find that she has more than her fair share of work cut out for her when the community happens to be one of the most ignorant and insular in the lands, and they all submit to Miss Peal, a cantankerous Bible-banging hag who has them all convinced that she can turn the wrath of God on anyone she disapproves of and smite people on command.
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Mary goes out on her first remote teaching job, only to find that she has more than her fair share of work cut out for her when the community happens to be one of the most ignorant and insular in the lands, and they all submit to Miss Peal, Peel, a cantankerous Bible-banging hag who has them all convinced that she can turn the wrath of God on anyone she disapproves of and smite people on command.
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* BoltOfDivineRetribution: In the climatic scene, what Miss Peal was hoping to summon from the heavens after Mary exposes her inaccurate teachings as coming from someone who is illiterate. Peal holds her Bible up to the tip of her reach, hoping to summon the lightning that would strike Mary down. It never comes, and Miss Peal is forced to admit the truth.
* BrokenTears: Mary has these as she completely breaks down in Charles' arms upon returning home, sharing her ordeal with Miss Peal and others. Charles gives her a little time to feel sorry for herself before giving her a pep talk and promising to back her up if needed when they return to the community on Sunday.
* BrokenTears: Mary has these as she completely breaks down in Charles' arms upon returning home, sharing her ordeal with Miss Peal and others. Charles gives her a little time to feel sorry for herself before giving her a pep talk and promising to back her up if needed when they return to the community on Sunday.
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* AntiIntellectualism: Part of how Miss Peel keeps the community under her control; she's against education, in part because she can't read and because people learning more could help them see through her tricks and threaten her power.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: In the climatic scene, what MissPeal Peel was hoping to summon from the heavens after Mary exposes her inaccurate teachings as coming from someone who is illiterate. Peal Peel holds her Bible up to the tip of her reach, hoping to summon the lightning that would strike Mary down. It never comes, and Miss Peal Peel is forced to admit the truth.
* BrokenTears: Mary has these as she completely breaks down in Charles' arms upon returning home, sharing her ordeal with MissPeal Peel and others. Charles gives her a little time to feel sorry for herself before giving her a pep talk and promising to back her up if needed when they return to the community on Sunday.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: In the climatic scene, what Miss
* BrokenTears: Mary has these as she completely breaks down in Charles' arms upon returning home, sharing her ordeal with Miss
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* EnthusiasticNewbieTeacher: Initially for Mary when she begins her teaching job, but this quickly fades as Miss Peal, Mr. Fisher and other parents cruelly interfere with her job to teach.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Mary is far more compassionate than Miss Peal but isn't afraid to show it to people who wrong her, such as verbally standing up to Mr. Fisher when he tries to bully her when she's at his house, slapping Joshua Bond when he tries to make a pass at her and finally, exposing Miss Peel as illiterate as part of her efforts to let people see her for the fraud she is.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Mary is far more compassionate than Miss Peal but isn't afraid to show it to people who wrong her, such as verbally standing up to Mr. Fisher when he tries to bully her when she's at his house, slapping Joshua Bond when he tries to make a pass at her and finally, exposing Miss Peel as illiterate as part of her efforts to let people see her for the fraud she is.
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* EnthusiasticNewbieTeacher: Initially for Mary when she begins her teaching job, but this quickly fades as Miss Peal, Peel, Mr. Fisher and other parents cruelly interfere with her job to teach.
* EyeScream: Shortly after an incident where a boy, Joshua Bond made a pass at Mary and she slapped before Miss Peel admonished her for "tempting him", the boy's father arrives to see Mary and accuses her of doing something that made his son's eyes get irritate and swollen before Miss Peel cured them. In truth, Miss Peel's "cure" was what cause Joshua'd infirmity and it faded because his mother washed the substance away.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Mary is far more compassionate than MissPeal Peel but isn't afraid to show it to people who wrong her, such as verbally standing up to Mr. Fisher when he tries to bully her when she's at his house, slapping Joshua Bond when he tries to make a pass at her and finally, exposing Miss Peel as illiterate as part of her efforts to let people see her for the fraud she is.
* EyeScream: Shortly after an incident where a boy, Joshua Bond made a pass at Mary and she slapped before Miss Peel admonished her for "tempting him", the boy's father arrives to see Mary and accuses her of doing something that made his son's eyes get irritate and swollen before Miss Peel cured them. In truth, Miss Peel's "cure" was what cause Joshua'd infirmity and it faded because his mother washed the substance away.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Mary is far more compassionate than Miss
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* MayDecemberRomance: It's not highlighted by the story but Mr. Fihser is visibly older than his wife. He looks like he could be his daughter's grandfather.
* NeverLearnedToRead: Miss Peal's secret, and why she is unable to back her teachings and claims.
* NeverLearnedToRead: Miss Peal's secret, and why she is unable to back her teachings and claims.
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* MayDecemberRomance: It's not highlighted by the story but Mr. Fihser Fisher is visibly older than his wife. He looks like he could be his daughter's grandfather.
* NeverLearnedToRead: MissPeal's Peel's secret, and why she is unable to back her teachings and claims.
* NeverLearnedToRead: Miss
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* SadistTeacher: Miss Peal, who leads the community worship services and rules the town by fear. She is also completely against education, constantly interrupting the school day. It is implied she had driven several other teachers from the community.
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* SadistTeacher: Miss Peal, Peel, who leads the community worship services and rules the town by fear. She is also completely against education, constantly interrupting the school day. It is implied she had driven several other teachers from the community.
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* SlutShaming: Mary falls victim of this first in a subtle way when Mr. Fisher keeps criticizing her dress as wrong, due to being more elegant than the ones the townspeople are used to and so is seen as vain, and then when Joshua Bond makes a pass at her and Miss Peal catches them, she first admonishes Joshua but then proceeds to call Mary a "Jezebel", accusing her of tempting him on purpose.
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* SlutShaming: Mary falls victim of this first in a subtle way when Mr. Fisher keeps criticizing her dress as wrong, due to being more elegant than the ones the townspeople are used to and so is seen as vain, and then when Joshua Bond makes a pass at her and Miss Peal Peel catches them, she first admonishes Joshua but then proceeds to call Mary a "Jezebel", accusing her of tempting him on purpose.
