research for story about a place here women live under male guardianship
Who actually rules the area and its apparent patriarchy?
| 100% (1) | Men | |
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| 0% (0) | Women | |
| 0% (0) | select teenagers |
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Who actually rules the area and its apparent patriarchy?
| 100% (1) | Men | |
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| 0% (0) | Women | |
| 0% (0) | select teenagers |
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Pick an opening scene
| 0% (0) | A captured woman ia hung by her wrists from a tree limb, naked. The elder has her sons punish her. | |
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| 0% (0) | Openoing: Charla Howe arguing with her father about her uncle's promising her in marriage to Bobby Lee gravgelle, her position only her father should have that right. | |
| 0% (0) | Charla's position she should determine her boyfriend and mate | |
| 100% (1) | Arrival of widowed Carly Jones in town with her three sons, as they slwoly begin to take in the local culture. |
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Peter is Carly's eldest son. A relation ship will grow between him and Charla.
| 100% (1) | He encourages her to free herself from this culture. | |
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| 0% (0) | She entives him to join their way of doing things. | |
| 0% (0) | She wants him to challenge Bobby Lee Gravelle for her. | |
| 0% (0) | They make out in her room. |
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Carly slowly becomes aware of the local culture. ALso area mechanic Cal is interested inn her.
| 0% (0) | Carly and Cal debate teh pro's and cons of the culture. | |
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| 0% (0) | Carly closed mindedly rejects local culture. | |
| 100% (1) | She accepts local culture, and Cal as her guardian. | |
| 0% (0) | Before taking her, Cal must have Peter's permission. |
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Peter and his mom's relationship.
| 0% (0) | Both are repulsed by the situation. ANd, with Charla, try to escape. | |
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| 0% (0) | Peter accepts situation, his mom does not. He is encouraged by others to control her. | |
| 0% (0) | Carly and Peter accept and adjust to situation. | |
| 100% (1) | Peter begins to discipline his mother. |
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A widower himself, Cal has a fifteen year old, Rusty.
| 0% (0) | Rusty gets suggestive pictures of Carly and gives them away until his father makes him stop. | |
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| 0% (0) | Father permits Rusy to keep and sell pics. | |
| 0% (0) | Cal encourages his son to make friends with Carly's boys. He does. SEcond eldest at fifteen, Sammy is attracted to a young woman. Rusty encourages him to take her. | |
| 100% (1) | Rusty is permitted to discipline Carly. | |
| 0% (0) | Rusty not permitted to discipline until she and Cal are married. |
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What happens when Peter first meets the local teens?
| 0% (0) | The llocal boys want to take his measure, and they get into a fight. | |
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| 100% (1) | After fight, he is accepted into their little group. | |
| 0% (0) | NO fight, they get together and talk. | |
| 0% (0) | They fight and don't accept Peter. |
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Bobby Lee had threatened to beat up anyone who so much as glanced at Charla, but he's away.
| 0% (0) | After Peter arrives, they start wondering why they're listening to Bobby | |
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| 0% (0) | Bibby's words are ignored from the beginning. | |
| 100% (1) | the boys decide Bobby has no right to her, because her father did not arrange the hook up. | |
| 0% (0) | The boys think she belongs to Bobby. |
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Charla's hand comes down to a last man standing game called King of the Mountain.
| 0% (0) | Charla encourages it, loves the idea. | |
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| 0% (0) | Defiant, Charla refuses to abide by results. | |
| 0% (0) | Peter is last man standing. | |
| 0% (0) | Bobby is last man standing and whips Charla. | |
| 0% (0) | Teh fat kid is last man standing. | |
| 0% (0) | somebody else |
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What are you thoughts? Should play with the dominance and violence more or less? If you feel Carly accepts the local culture why does she?
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