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Chapter 6
Explanation and Analysis—Ruth's Secrets:
In Chapter 6, Charlie witnesses a fight between his parents. The fight foreshadows Ruth's affair and eventual departure from Corrigan, but it also hints that Charlie might be an unreliable narrator at times because he is so young:
Toward the end, she was hysterical, my mother. Out of control. She began blaming Corrigan for everything. It was harming her family. It wasn’t safe anymore. She said we needed to get out, start somewhere else. Then it clicked for me. I knew what she was doing.
And maybe my father did too. Finally, he pushed off the doorway and stood straight. He was so calm.
“Ruth, there are things in this world that you don’t think I know, but I do. For now, I think it’s time you went to bed. You too, Charlie.
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