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* Lee tried to manipulate Francie into losing her virginity to him by pretending to be romantically interested in her despite being engaged, and she seriously considered it. If he had, it would have arguably been rape by deception.
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* Lee tried to manipulate Francie into losing her virginity to him by pretending to be romantically interested in her despite being engaged, and she seriously considered it. If he had, it would have arguably been rape by deception. And by modern standards, she would also be underage.
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* What would have happened to Francie if Katie hadn't gotten there in time.
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* What would have happened to Francie if If Katie hadn't gotten there married Sergeant McShane, Francie might have ended up like the women in time. her family, in an abusive marriage, poor, widowed or abandoned at a young age with several children she can't afford to care for, etc. Not to say that couldn't happen if she had money (see Lee).
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* Johnny was wearing his St. Christopher when he died. St. Christopher offers protection against sudden death, so Johnny died relatively painlessly and was alive long enough for Katie to say goodbye, event hough he was in a coma.
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* Johnny was wearing his a St. Christopher Anthony medal when he died. St. Christopher offers protection against sudden death, so was found unconscious and taken to the hospital. Within the Catholic church, Anthony is the patron saint for the recovery of lost things. Johnny died relatively painlessly and was alive long enough had lost himself in a depression over the upcoming birth of a third child, but a cop found him in time for Katie to say goodbye, event hough even though he was in a coma.
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* Johnny was wearing his St. Christopher when he died. St. Christopher offers protection against sudden death, so Johnny died relatively painlessly and was alive long enough for Katie to say goodbye, event hough he was in a coma.
* Johnny was wearing his St. Christopher when he died. St. Christopher offers protection against sudden death, so Johnny died relatively painlessly and was alive long enough for Katie to say goodbye, event hough he was in a coma.
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* Johnny's death is kind of ambiguous in that it seems like he just caught pneumonia while he was passed out in a gutter, but it's equally plausible that he intentionally drank himself to death because he couldn't deal with the pressure of having another child. On the other hand, he had ''stopped'' drinking prior to his disappearance. In the movie, he turns out to have been out looking for work, and Officer [=McShane=] specifically tells Katie he hadn't been drinking, but just got sick.
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* Johnny's death is kind of ambiguous in that it seems like he just caught pneumonia while he was passed out in a gutter, but it's equally plausible that he intentionally drank himself to death because he couldn't deal with the pressure of having another child. On the other hand, even though he had ''stopped'' drinking prior he still acted as though he were drunk (having been drinking for so long) and no one believed that he hadn't, so he decided to his disappearance.anyway. In the movie, he turns out to have been out looking for work, and Officer [=McShane=] specifically tells Katie he hadn't been drinking, but just got sick.
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* Johnny's death is kind of ambiguous in that it seems like he just caught pneumonia while he was passed out in a gutter, but it's equally plausible that he intentionally drank himself to death because he couldn't deal with the pressure of having another child. On the other hand, he had ''stopped'' drinking prior to his disappearance. In the movie, he turns out to have been out looking for work, and Officer =[McShane]= specifically tells Katie he hadn't been drinking, but just got sick.
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* Johnny's death is kind of ambiguous in that it seems like he just caught pneumonia while he was passed out in a gutter, but it's equally plausible that he intentionally drank himself to death because he couldn't deal with the pressure of having another child. On the other hand, he had ''stopped'' drinking prior to his disappearance. In the movie, he turns out to have been out looking for work, and Officer =[McShane]= [=McShane=] specifically tells Katie he hadn't been drinking, but just got sick.
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* Sissy got married for the first time when she was 14 years old. Nowadays this would be statutory rape (the age of consent for marriage in New York is 18, or 17 with parental permission) even if Sissy wanted to marry and was ready for it. Even an [[https://www.lawhelpny.org/files/B23B29BF-0DED-F7B9-2149-1DB14E1A7DE5/attachments/62535096-0E0B-F8D0-1DCA-95F518C7DD55/117381Emancipation.pdf emancipated minor]] cannot marry in New York.
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* Sissy got married for the first time when she was 14 years old. Nowadays this would be statutory rape (the age of consent for marriage in New York is 18, or 17 with parental permission) even if Sissy wanted to marry and was physically and emotionally ready for it. Even an [[https://www.lawhelpny.org/files/B23B29BF-0DED-F7B9-2149-1DB14E1A7DE5/attachments/62535096-0E0B-F8D0-1DCA-95F518C7DD55/117381Emancipation.pdf emancipated minor]] cannot marry in New York.
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* Johnny's death is kind of ambiguous in that it seems like he just caught pneumonia while he was passed out in a gutter, but it's equally plausible that he intentionally drank himself to death because he couldn't deal with the pressure of having another child.
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* Johnny's death is kind of ambiguous in that it seems like he just caught pneumonia while he was passed out in a gutter, but it's equally plausible that he intentionally drank himself to death because he couldn't deal with the pressure of having another child. On the other hand, he had ''stopped'' drinking prior to his disappearance. In the movie, he turns out to have been out looking for work, and Officer =[McShane]= specifically tells Katie he hadn't been drinking, but just got sick.
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* Sissy got married for the first time when she was 14 years old. Nowadays this would be statutory rape (the age of consent for marriage in New York is 18, or 17 with parental permission).
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* Sissy got married for the first time when she was 14 years old. Nowadays this would be statutory rape (the age of consent for marriage in New York is 18, or 17 with parental permission).permission) even if Sissy wanted to marry and was ready for it. Even an [[https://www.lawhelpny.org/files/B23B29BF-0DED-F7B9-2149-1DB14E1A7DE5/attachments/62535096-0E0B-F8D0-1DCA-95F518C7DD55/117381Emancipation.pdf emancipated minor]] cannot marry in New York.
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* Sissy got married for the first time when she was 14 years old. Nowadays this would be statutory rape (the age of consent for marriage in New York is 18, or 17 with parental permission).
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* Sissy got married for the first time when she was 14 years old. Nowadays this would be statutory rape (the age of consent for marriage in New York is 18, or 17 with parental permission).permission).
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* The airshaft in the Nolans' building which Francie is justifiably terrified of since it's full of bloody rags, rusted old razors and other detritus. Shudder.
* Katie gives birth at home, which was common at the time and not necessarily a bad thing in modern times, since it's easy to go to a hospital or have a doctor or midwife present in case something goes wrong. At the time though, it's shown that the only care that women got was from their own families and it would have been extremely painful without anesthetic. Likewise, Sissy gives birth to her last child in a hospital and he's saved due to the quick intervention of the doctor. If she had done so for her other ten children, some of them might have lived, but it didn't occur to anyone at the time.
* Katie gives birth at home, which was common at the time and not necessarily a bad thing in modern times, since it's easy to go to a hospital or have a doctor or midwife present in case something goes wrong. At the time though, it's shown that the only care that women got was from their own families and it would have been extremely painful without anesthetic. Likewise, Sissy gives birth to her last child in a hospital and he's saved due to the quick intervention of the doctor. If she had done so for her other ten children, some of them might have lived, but it didn't occur to anyone at the time.
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* The airshaft in the Nolans' building which Francie is justifiably terrified of since it's full of bloody rags, rusted old razors and other detritus.detritus that it's better not to think about the origin of. Shudder.
* Katie gives birth at home, which was common at the time and not necessarily a bad thing in modern times, since it's easy to go to a hospital or have a doctor or midwife present in case something goes wrong. At the time though, it's shown that the only care that women got was from their own families and it would have been extremely painful withoutanesthetic.anesthetics. Likewise, Sissy gives birth to her last child in a hospital and he's saved due to the quick intervention of the doctor. If she had done so for her other ten children, some of them might have lived, but it didn't occur to anyone at the time.
* Katie gives birth at home, which was common at the time and not necessarily a bad thing in modern times, since it's easy to go to a hospital or have a doctor or midwife present in case something goes wrong. At the time though, it's shown that the only care that women got was from their own families and it would have been extremely painful without
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* Neeley may have dodged the bullet on World War I, but if he or Francie have children, they'll be roughly old enough to fight in World War II.
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* Neeley may have dodged the bullet on World War I, but if he or Francie have children, they'll be roughly old enough to fight in World War II.II.
* Johnny's death is kind of ambiguous in that it seems like he just caught pneumonia while he was passed out in a gutter, but it's equally plausible that he intentionally drank himself to death because he couldn't deal with the pressure of having another child.
* Definitely the most horrifying thing in the book: If Katie hadn't stopped the pedophile who attacked Francie, she would have been both raped and murdered, based on what he did to another girl.
* Lee tried to manipulate Francie into losing her virginity to him by pretending to be romantically interested in her despite being engaged, and she seriously considered it. If he had, it would have arguably been rape by deception.
* Among the Nolans' neighbours are a couple where the husband forces his wife to have sex with him and she cries while doing it. This would now be considered marital rape, but that wasn't illegal at the time.
* The airshaft in the Nolans' building which Francie is justifiably terrified of since it's full of bloody rags, rusted old razors and other detritus. Shudder.
* Katie gives birth at home, which was common at the time and not necessarily a bad thing in modern times, since it's easy to go to a hospital or have a doctor or midwife present in case something goes wrong. At the time though, it's shown that the only care that women got was from their own families and it would have been extremely painful without anesthetic. Likewise, Sissy gives birth to her last child in a hospital and he's saved due to the quick intervention of the doctor. If she had done so for her other ten children, some of them might have lived, but it didn't occur to anyone at the time.
* Sissy got married for the first time when she was 14 years old. Nowadays this would be statutory rape (the age of consent for marriage in New York is 18, or 17 with parental permission).
* Johnny's death is kind of ambiguous in that it seems like he just caught pneumonia while he was passed out in a gutter, but it's equally plausible that he intentionally drank himself to death because he couldn't deal with the pressure of having another child.
* Definitely the most horrifying thing in the book: If Katie hadn't stopped the pedophile who attacked Francie, she would have been both raped and murdered, based on what he did to another girl.
* Lee tried to manipulate Francie into losing her virginity to him by pretending to be romantically interested in her despite being engaged, and she seriously considered it. If he had, it would have arguably been rape by deception.
* Among the Nolans' neighbours are a couple where the husband forces his wife to have sex with him and she cries while doing it. This would now be considered marital rape, but that wasn't illegal at the time.
* The airshaft in the Nolans' building which Francie is justifiably terrified of since it's full of bloody rags, rusted old razors and other detritus. Shudder.
* Katie gives birth at home, which was common at the time and not necessarily a bad thing in modern times, since it's easy to go to a hospital or have a doctor or midwife present in case something goes wrong. At the time though, it's shown that the only care that women got was from their own families and it would have been extremely painful without anesthetic. Likewise, Sissy gives birth to her last child in a hospital and he's saved due to the quick intervention of the doctor. If she had done so for her other ten children, some of them might have lived, but it didn't occur to anyone at the time.
* Sissy got married for the first time when she was 14 years old. Nowadays this would be statutory rape (the age of consent for marriage in New York is 18, or 17 with parental permission).
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* Neeley may have dodged the bullet on World War I, but if he or Francie have children, they'll be roughly old enough to fight in World War II.
* Neeley may have dodged the bullet on World War I, but if he or Francie have children, they'll be roughly old enough to fight in World War II.
