The Consequences Of Ex-Brother-In Law

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On the contrary, Jason represents the extremists who seek catharses through extreme behavior. With the job that his “ex-brother-in-law” offered ruined, Jason has lost belief in everything and resorts to brutality and despicable acts as use camouflage to protect themselves from impact of unforeseen events, for example, behaving inhumanly to family members and black slaves, defrauding the Family’s fortune, and his pathological obsession with money. Southerners alike to him, facing with the collapsed economic structure and social system, they are easily startled and feeling “on edge”. The consequences this brought is their uncontrollable violence: individuals with twisted personalities having an unshakable faith in what they believe to be, seek

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