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What clues do you see that suggest Claude may be up to no good?
What ideas does Claude put into Glen's head? How does he suggest these things without seeming to suggest them?
If we, as readers, can sense that Claude is up to no good, why can't Glen (who is a sheriff!)?
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Claude is plotting to catch Edgar because he killed Dr. Papineau. Claude is on the ropes right now so he needs a plan of action to catch Edgar. He hides the poison in the barn so that Edgar will go look for it in there and then Glen can ambush him and question him about his father's death. Claude put the idea that Edgar murdered his father and Claude is blinded by emotion so he believes everything. Glen can't sense Claude's evil doings because he is blinded by emotions. So he goes right along with Claude's plan because he thinks it will help him catch Edgar. Everything played perfectly into Claude's hand. With Edgar gone, Glen is happy and Claude can live safely without having to worry about the poison.
The reader can tell that Claude is up to no good because we were given clues that stated the fact, however in this situation the character doesn't know while the audience know the story.
I think the reason for Claude planting the ideas of Edgar killing his father into Glens head is because he's trying to keep Edgar away both for what he knows, but also to keep Edgar's mom to himself so be won't have to share her.
We can tell that Claude is up to no good because he is trying to get Glen to get Edgar in trouble. He keeps suggesting that they could sue the Sawtelles because of it happening on their property. He also tells Glen that when Edgar left, Trudy had told him that Edgar went after Page and that it wasn’t an accident. I think that Glen doesn’t realize that Claude is up to trouble because he is so traumatized by his father’s death. He isn’t exactly thinking clearly and they are at a bar drinking. His thoughts are distorted and he doesn’t feel that revenge is the best way to handle his father’s death.
Claude is clearly trying to catch Edgar. Glen cannot sense it because they meet at the bar drinking, so his thought may be distorted. It is also a time for mourning for Glen because his father had just died. This makes him oblivious to Claude's plan of catching Edgar. Claude is looking at the big picture- he knows that Edgar is against him and he wants him out of the way. He wants to set a trap for him, and he needs Glen's help. He is tricking Glen into helping, and it is clear that Claude is a villain in this novel.
We as readers are fortunate enough to be aware of Claude's plot because we have the ability to put the pieces of the story together and look at the big picture. Glen is unable to see Claude's plan because not only is he most likely partially intoxicated, but he also has not been observing Claude the way we as readers have the opportunity to. We have gotten to known Claude on a level that Glen probably isn't familiar with.
First of all I hate Claude, he ruined my happy ending. Anyway, I do think Claude is up to no good based on how the story is playing out. He brain washes Glen into think Edgar is this terrible killer. Glen, in his vulnerable, emotional state was quick to believe him. I think Claude knew if he could get Glen on his side chances are he his plan would work. He knew Edgar would be searching the barn for the poison, making this the perfect time for Glen to make his move. Claude's master plan is about to work and his two victims will suffer for it.
Claude suggested that he and Glen meet at the tavern because there would be alcohol. This would become an easily accessible kindle to the emotional fire that Claude was about to start in Glen.
Claude's deceptive way of instilling contempt towards Edgar in Glen is by bringing up the topic of Dr. Papineau's death, then slowly dragging Edgar's name into it. A drunken Glen connects the two - all according to Claude's plan - and is now an enemy of Edgar's.
The mix of alcohol and emotion are what fogs Glen's common sense.
People tend to not clearly when they are drinking than when they were sober. That fact may have been the reason why Claude suggested that he and Glen met at the tavern. With Glen being in such an emotional state with them death of his father, the alcohol affects his mood and emotions greater than what it would have normally. This, of course, all works to Claude's advantage. With Glen being in the optimal position being deceived, Claude plants the seed in his brain that Edgar is some horrible, crazy killer. The drunken Glen believes what he is being told because his common sense is not in its greatest condition right now. Claude is clearly trying to pin what happened on Edgar, as readers we know his personality and know that Claude is up to no good.
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