Cannibal In The Crucible

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Cannibal It was a cold abnormal day in Adak, Alaska; Samuel Adams (father), Marissa Adams ( mother), and their daughters Linda and Heather Adams(twin daughters of Marissa and Samuel Adams) lived in a big house, and owned almost all of the stores.

There was one person in particular that was very jealous of what the Adam’s family had and that person is Mr. Winkle. Mr. Winkle would’ve done anything to ruin the perfect life of Mr. Adams, Mr. Winkle thought that Mr. Adams had the perfect life because he had a wonderful wife, extremely intelligent twin daughters, and was even rich.Mr. Winkle also had money but never took the time to start a family even when he had the chance of love many times.
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Adams had just got home when Mr. Winkle came by and dropped off a stew on his front door, Mr. Adams gratefully took it and ate it all that night. Mr. Winkle dropped off a type of stew everyday until Mrs. Adams, the twins, and their grandmother got home.

Usually that would’ve been considered a nice gesture but that's not in this case, Mr. Winkle was putting a type of meat that we all know as human being. Mr. Winkle thought he could ruin the life of Mr. Adams by making him look and be a cannibal.

Mr. Adams started feeling sick just a little while after his family got home, he told his family it was just a cold but he knew that it had it be something in the stews that were left on his front door. Mr. Adams was starting to have the side effects of Kuru, he was shaking often;and was even laughing while he was shaking.

He knew there was something wrong with him, so he scheduled an appointment to see a doctor. The doctor said he was fine but in reality not all doctors can diagnose Kuru. Mr. Adams was told that he was fine so he believed the doctor and thought he was fine.

A few months went by when Mrs. Adams started realizing there was a problem with her husband, she had asked him if he was ok but he said he was
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Adams had left his family with heartache, all though he did hurt Mrs.Adams she understood why he did it and she still deeply loved him. Before he left for good, he made arrangements for his family to take over his company. Mr. Adams did this all before he went savage. Mr. Adams did go savage eventually, he terrorized the city without remorse and eventually the state closed that city off until Mr.Adams death. Mrs. Adams sometimes thought she saw him but wasn’t sure, now all that's left of Mr. Adams is a cannibalizing monster. Since they have closed that town Mrs.Adams goes and drops off food for her husband that she hopes will one day return. As for Mr.Winkle he was caught trying to do the same thing to other people, and he was sent to an asylum to spend the rest of his life.

In the year 2030,the state reopened the city for people because they believed Mr. Adams was dead. Mrs.Adams was now in her 90s, and was being taken care of by her daughters Linda and Heather. Mrs. Adams wanted to see the home she was suppose to grow old in with the love of her life. Mrs. Adams went in her home and found her husband lying on their old bed, she went and laid next to him where they both fell asleep forever. They were together in their final moments and that was all that Mrs. Adams

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