The two discussion questions I have for this part of the book pertain to Fred. Fred seems to be a misguided, irresponsible man. Instead of owning his responsibility and repaying his debts, he turns to others to solve the problem for him. He relies on Mary's father instead of his own family, and he gambled with with money he received from Caleb on another horse! I find in frustrating that he just digs himself a deeper hole and incurs more debt.
My second question is, why are the Garth's so helpful to Fred? They put themselves in a struggling trying to help him, even after he has blown through the money Caleb originally gave him. Again, I find that the characters in this book create problems for themselves.
They sure do! But isn't that the way the world works for lots of us?
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