The first time (in the novel) the redskins visit "an old dog had its belly ripped open. [The villagers] stared at that dog, and thought about a story Gilbert's father had brought from further up the coast where most of the fighting was going on. ... Matilda, like the other islanders, has become so accustomed to this type of brutality that seeing a dog ripped open is something that can be spoken about calmly. ... She wonders to herself "would my rape have been such a high price to pay to save the life of my mum?...

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• Grade Level: High School

He is startled by any abrupt movement including dog's barking, his children laughing and is extremely agitated at possibility of his wife and brother having sexual relations behind his back. ... An example of this would be a woman being afraid of walking though a neighborhood (conditioned stimulus) where she had been raped (unconditioned stimulus). ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate