“Welcome to the Sinclair family where no one can be a criminal, no one can be a addict, and no one is a failure.”(Lockhart 3) The family, who is featured in We Were Liars, by E.Lockhart, is athletic, tall, handsome, and has the reputation of being perfect. Sinclairs live in the summer on a private island off the coast of Massachusetts. Harris Sinclair is the one who wants this perfect reputation for his family and wants to hold the name of the Sinclairs.
Before the new Clairmont was in the picture, the liars had set a fire to the old Clairmont. Harris was the “king” of the island and the Clairmont was his palace. The liars decided to burn down the house because it was a symbol of hate and greed on the island. Since they decided to burn it down, Cadence stated that they “burned not a home but a symbol.” (Lockhart 190) So the liars had figured if the house was gone, all the paperwork and data gone, all …show more content…
So, Cadence gets to the point where she hallucinates and sees the liars as ghost but they’re in real life to her. Therefore, she ask their opinion on what they thought of the house. The Sinclairs see the house as a punishment to them because of the spoiled way they acted.(Lockhart 174) They see it as a punishment to them because Harris said how disappointed he was with his daughters when they were fighting over the houses. By Harris creating a strong, not good reaction, by building the new house like it is, he did something that won't be forgotten to the family. For example, the aunties acted spoiled and greedy over the Boston house, and Harris then had a mad reaction towards it.(Lockhart 152) By the aunties acting like that Harris probably built the New Clairmont to punish them. Harris’s first reason to build the house was to replace the Old Clairmont and by him rebuilding it shows his power and authority to change
Before the new Clairmont was in the picture, the liars had set a fire to the old Clairmont. Harris was the “king” of the island and the Clairmont was his palace. The liars decided to burn down the house because it was a symbol of hate and greed on the island. Since they decided to burn it down, Cadence stated that they “burned not a home but a symbol.” (Lockhart 190) So the liars had figured if the house was gone, all the paperwork and data gone, all …show more content…
So, Cadence gets to the point where she hallucinates and sees the liars as ghost but they’re in real life to her. Therefore, she ask their opinion on what they thought of the house. The Sinclairs see the house as a punishment to them because of the spoiled way they acted.(Lockhart 174) They see it as a punishment to them because Harris said how disappointed he was with his daughters when they were fighting over the houses. By Harris creating a strong, not good reaction, by building the new house like it is, he did something that won't be forgotten to the family. For example, the aunties acted spoiled and greedy over the Boston house, and Harris then had a mad reaction towards it.(Lockhart 152) By the aunties acting like that Harris probably built the New Clairmont to punish them. Harris’s first reason to build the house was to replace the Old Clairmont and by him rebuilding it shows his power and authority to change