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Inman leaves Ada to go to war and leaves her with a kiss that starts her off on her patient journey of waiting for his return.
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reverend monroe dies, leaving her orphand, abandond by servents, and penniless.
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Even though this option would be her easiest choice for salvation and security. This could also have been a plot to try and get her land.
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This shows how desparate she was.
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This is a point were she was extremely desperate.
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She is doing actual farm work for the first time such as mending her fence, baking an apple pie, and making her first stall, This is the point in the story were she starts to mature.
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Ada and Ruby come to find later that Esco and his sons were killed by the homegaurd and that Sally was tourchered. This shows how war can make people evil.
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This shows that Ruby and Ada hace finally become equals.
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Another step in her return
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