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woods."(21), and of course "bundling was an invention of the devil."(22). Therefore Kezia cannot declare her bundling with Mr. Mears to Mr. Barclay or Mr. Hathaway for fear of being punished. Kezia then offers herself as wife to Mr. Mears, thus getting her out of an undesired marriage and no longer being a victim to that arrangement. She demonstrates an incredible amount of intelligence in her situation.
The Butterfly Ward by Margaret Gibson introduces the reader to Kira, a patient of the Neurological Ward in a Toronto hospital. She is the type of victim who blames her mental illness on something else, "the amoeba"(104). She claims that "it is nourishing itself on what they call [her] brain."(104), it "changes shape"(105) and this is the reason Kira gives for the doctors inability to locate the amoeba on the "bloated-brain scan"(105). It is like she is unable or unwilling to take responsibility into her own hands, "The amoeba. Yes, that is what it is."(104). Kira ...

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