1. Forgiveness, Christianity, and Class in Mary Barton
He reads several passages, passages turn to whole books, and Carson has rediscovered his faith in God. ... Up until chapter 24, With the Dying, Mary is not a very religious person. ... But at the beginning of this chapter, the narrator compares her and Jane Wilson to Naomi and Ruth from the Bible (265) and this is one of the first, if not the first, passages to be directly religious regarding Mary. In the following chapter, Mrs. ...
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- Grade Level: High School