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   Since Father lied to Christopher about Mother, then revealed that he acted violently and stabbed Wellington, Christopher doesn’t feel safe with Father. He decides to run away, setting in motion the novel’s final act. Read quotes about honesty and trust.

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2. adventuresinhistoryland.com › what-wellington-saidWhat Wellington Said. - Adventures In Historyland

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   Nov 13, 2014 · Wellington required his troops to do their job then loot. They did this at Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, both were horrendous lootings far worse than Vitoria, but because the fight was done, he let them run their course and stopped it later.

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   The story returns to Mrs. Shears’s lawn, where Christopher removes the garden fork and picks up Wellington. Mrs. Shears appears on her patio and yells at Christopher to get away from her dog. Mrs. Shears does not stop, even when he puts the dog down.

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   He also admits that he killed Wellington. Christopher becomes afraid of his father and decides to go to London to find his mother. He finds his mother’s house, but Mr Shears is unwelcoming.

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   Mrs. Shears owns Wellington, the dog that dies at the beginning of the novel. She is often unsympathetic to Christopher , particularly after Wellington’s death. She helped Ed out after Judy ran away with Mr. Shears , but she did not respond positively to Ed’s desire for a relationship.

6. www.sparknotes.com › lit › jungleThe Jungle Chapters 27–28 Summary & Analysis - SparkNotes

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   A summary of Chapters 27–28 in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of The Jungle and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.

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   Who killed Wellington?

   • One night, Christopher finds his neighbour’s dog, Wellington, dead. Wellington belonged to Mrs Shears. At school, Christopher’s teacher asks him to write a story. He decides to write a murder mystery about who killed Wellington. Christopher suspects Mr Shears, who left Mrs Shears two years ago.

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   Why did Mr Shears kill Wellington?

   • For a while, Christopher suspects that Mr. Shears killed Wellington due to bad feeling between him and Mrs. … read analysis of Roger Shears Mrs. Shears owns Wellington, the dog that dies at the beginning of the novel. She is often unsympathetic to Christopher, particularly after Wellington’s death.

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   How did father kill Wellington?

   • He explains how upset he was when Mother left him. Mrs. Shears helped him to get through it, but when he recently had an argument with Mrs. Shears, Mrs. Shears kicked him out of her house, and Wellington attacked him in the yard. Father killed Wellington with the garden fork. Christopher screams in terror at the news, and pushes Father off the bed.

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   Why does he confess to killing Wellington?

   • He doesn’t want any more lies between them, so he confesses to killing Wellington. He explains how upset he was when Mother left him. Mrs. Shears helped him to get through it, but when he recently had an argument with Mrs. Shears, Mrs. Shears kicked him out of her house, and Wellington attacked him in the yard.

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   Why does Christopher investigate Wellington's death?

   • Over the course of the novel, Christopher’s inquiry into Wellington’s death has consistently turned up more secret information about Mother and Father than it has about Wellington, turning the investigation of Wellington’s murder into a broader symbol of Christopher’s search for the truth about his parents.

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   Why did Wellington hang his men?

   • This much misquoted line seems to sum up the popular image of Wellington, as the cold upper class General who flogged and hanged his men, while expecting them to follow his example and control themselves, fighting for nothing more than King and Country. But actually it says something very different.

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8. www.countrylife.co.uk › wellington-quotes-73502What Wellington said - Country Life

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   Jun 29, 2015 · When a stranger helped him across Hyde Park Corner, saying ‘My Lord, I have passed a long and not uneventful life, but never did I hope to reach the day when I might be of some assistance to the greatest man that ever lived’, he was rewarded with ‘Don’t be a damned fool’.