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Analysis Of The Book ' The Night ' Essay

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TTizbeth skipped dinner and cried herself to sleep. She did not want to leave her room the next morning. She paced then worked on her embroidery since that is all she could do here. Then she paced some more. She threw herself on her bed intending to read but the funny marks of the Bible were too hard. Finally, set it aside and thoughts of Gabby and Ovalles came with renewed tears. Did they miss her? After just a few minutes, Tizbeth was restless again. She took up the embroidery but didn’t want to think about the cat she killed. Instead she got another piece of stiff cloth to start on the orbs. She wanted to go to her forge and make replicas in glass. Ann came at lunch and tried to coax her out of the room. “Go away,” Tizbeth shouted through the door. After a few minutes of shouting, Ann left. She had done everything for Donovan, Tizbeth admitted to herself in the quiet. She had turned herself human on some childish crush. “No!” Tizbeth bitterly said. “This is better. I’m liked here. I’m making friends. What is a husband anyway but someone to tell you what to do? No husband. No mother. I’m as free as I will ever be. I’ll just have to find something that I like to do.” Tizbeth picked up her work and toiled. The work didn’t stop the tears. When the light had started to fade, Ann came back and pounded on the door until Tizbeth finally opened it. “I don’t…” Tizbeth started but Ann bumped into her hustling in the room with a serving tray. “You are eating,”

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