Marissa stated the following about Mr. Royall's attitude toward Charity, "His reputation in the town of being above everyone else and very powerful does not match his relationship with Charity. He does pretty much whatever she wants, when in reality he probably could force her to marry him or just be more aggressive with her in general. I think this says a lot about what a strong woman Charity is, and I think that's one of the big reasons I like her."
I think Mr. Royall didn't need to be aggressive or power her into marrying him. I think he just sort of knew it would always work out that way. I really started to like his character (minus him drunkenly calling her a whore on the fourth of July). He seemed like he genuinely cared about her and helped her out multiple times in the second half of the book. First, I feel like he knows that Luicius is going to leave her or already be in a situation. Royall is constantly on her about her liking him. Which, most of it seems to stem from he himself liking Charity. But he kind of scolds her about them spending so much time together. While I think that she should do whatever the heck she wants, I think that’s his way of caring for her and making sure she doesn’t get her heart broken.
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I have to respectfully disagree about Mr. Royall. I thought it was kind of disgusting to raise her from childhood, then ask her to marry him. It seemed to me that he never really respected her all that much, until he wanted something out of her, like marriage. Calling her a whore was proof to me that he might have cared for her, but didn't really respect her.
I agree...I wrote that blog before I had finished the book, so my opinion about Charity and the whole situation completley changed once I was finished. I agree with Jenna about the fact that Mr.Royall pretty much knew all along that she would end up having to marry him, and then my opinion about Charity being strong went the opposite direction as well.
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