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Summary Of Mister Death's Blue Eyed Girls '

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In the novel, Mister Death’s Blue Eyed Girls it has been proven throughout the story that before blaming someone, you should hear their side of the story. For example, in the book, Buddy Novak was continuously blamed for murdering Cheryl and Bobbi Jo, without knowing enough of Buddy’s side of the story. After Cheryl and Bobbi Jo had died, many people in the town assumed that the killer was Buddy because of the former affair that he had with Cheryl. Cheryl had told all of her friends that Buddy hit her and gave her a scar on her face (Hahn 12), but in truth, Cheryl’s dad had hit her for coming home too late. This caused people to believe that if Buddy is the type of person to abuse his girlfriend, he has to be the one who killed the two girls. In reality, Cheryl had just made that up as an excuse to break up with Buddy. Therefore, this shows that if one only heard …show more content…

For example, the morning before the murders, when Mister Death came to wake up his brother to get ready for the murders, he refused to go with him (Hahn 2). However, Mister Death forced him to come by making him believe that he had no choice but to help with the murders by saying “What somebody does to me, they do to you. That’s what being brothers mean. (Hahn 2)” In addition, Mister Death’s brother was extremely guilty and depressed because of what he had done. For example, he went to both Cheryl’s and Bobbi Jo’s funerals and viewings just so that he could see them for a final time (Hahn 143). By doing so, he not only put himself at risk of being arrested, but Mister Death was very mad at him for doing it. This shows that from his side of the story, Mister Death is the real murderer and his brother shouldn’t be taking as much of the blame. After the murders, Nora was also blamed for something that she shouldn’t have to take responsibility

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