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Hazel's suicide and possible parental responsibility
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This will appear to come from left field, and unless someone expresses a
particular interest I won't bore the rest with the reasoning behind this
alternate interpretation ...
A possible clue to Hazel's suicide is the the Korean student with whom
her
father tells us she sometimes sits. He also is a guest at Shade's
birthday
party. There are hints linking this student to both of Hazel's parents.
He
is very possibly her half brother and definitely a homosexual interest
of
her father's.
He is variously referred to in the story as an oriental prince, son of a
padishaw, and as an Asiatic potentate. And though his name is never
mentioned (like that of the head of the Shadows) it is probably Caspar.
Carolyn
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This will appear to come from left field, and unless someone expresses a
particular interest I won't bore the rest with the reasoning behind this
alternate interpretation ...
A possible clue to Hazel's suicide is the the Korean student with whom
her
father tells us she sometimes sits. He also is a guest at Shade's
birthday
party. There are hints linking this student to both of Hazel's parents.
He
is very possibly her half brother and definitely a homosexual interest
of
her father's.
He is variously referred to in the story as an oriental prince, son of a
padishaw, and as an Asiatic potentate. And though his name is never
mentioned (like that of the head of the Shadows) it is probably Caspar.
Carolyn
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