The Dysfunctional And Dangers Of The Fisher Brothers

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The Fisher brothers are very dysfunctional set of brothers, They fear each other fight each other and keep secrets from each other.This essay shows the many incidents proving that the Fisher brothers are dysfunctional and dangers.

The brothers show fear when ever the other one comes up. This gets more and more apparent near the end of the book. However even in the begging the anger shows. For example Paul said said "Erik he tried to kill me" as he "Burst through the door crying hysterically.".p.3 this one incident shows the anger and fear between the two brothers. Later on in the book Paul finely reports on his brother this takes him a long time to report them and he only does it while police are present.

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