Summary Of Tim O 'Brien's Forquad'

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in the selection no witchcraft for sale the white people named forquad they think of their cooking as a good human being he doesn't question them at all to anything they do or when they make their own medicines that are fake. he's a tribal in the selection the prisoner who wore glasses they make fun of the warden bc he takes men fertilizer from lavs to work his farm the man catches him and so the white man regards him and watches him closely so in one story they regard each other nicely about the situation and the other one they one they don't

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