Doug Swieteck's Brother: Chapter Analysis

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In the chapter entitled “January,” Holling Hoodhood discovers that Doug Swieteck’s brother had vandalised the school with images from the newspaper of Holling in his fairy costume. Holling later suggests to traverse to a different school to avoid embarrassment, Mrs. Bigio realizes that Mai Thi is not a threat, and Holling devises a vile plan do get retaliate to Doug Swiekeck’s brother, but things don’t go Holling’s way. When Holling gets back from school the day that he discovers that Doug Swieteck’s brother, he requests to his father to shift to a military school. Holling’s father listens to Holling, but gets quickly carried away and the thought of military school fades away. Holling’s sister later advises Holling to forget about the intention

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