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Persuasive Essay On Vera Claythorne

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Vera Claythorne is a murder for killing a young boy named Cyril. She killed Cyril because he would inherit all of the family money, and not her boyfriend, Hugo. Hugo was too poor to support a family, so he and Vera couldn’t get married. Vera’s family will probably be affected by this because she was an innocent woman until she killed this poor little boy. Claythorne’s family will never be trusted with kids for generations after generations.

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