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Aunt Harriet's Ashes Summary

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The next four chapters introduces the events that takes place at David’s house when his Aunt Harriet arrives. From my point of view, Aunt Harriet is a caring and loyal woman. In the story, even after Mr.Strorm and his wife Emily Strorm accused her of being used by the Devil and sent to commit heresy for wanting to acquire a certificate for her third baby who is a deviant like the previous ones, she still loved her baby. She would not let them take her baby away from her again and did her best to protect it. On the other hand, her sister also David’s mother Emily Strorm is very similar to her husband since she follows her husband’s actions although, she isn’t as intense in enforcing the ‘True Image of God.’ I have also took notice that she does

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