Minny remembers her husband telling her, "If I didn't hit you, Minny, who knows what you [would] become" (p 485). He means he has to keep her in her place or she would be out of control. However, as Minny thinks about this phrase, she takes this phrase differently than Leroy does. How does she view this phrase differently?

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Cara Lee

11 March, 18:23

Minny remembers her husband telling her, "If I didn't hit you, Minny, who knows what you [would] become" (p 485). He means he has to keep her in her place or she would be out of control. However, as Minny thinks about this phrase, she takes this phrase differently than Leroy does. How does she view this phrase differently?

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Brenden Armstrong · Answer 1

The correct answer is that what Minny understand of this phrase is that her husband, thinks of her as less than, that she does not deserve respect and that she may have some fault in getting hit.

Explanation:

Domestic violence is a dangerous path as it can be psycological a much as physical. Many absers tend to make the victims feel guilty about their actions as see the violence as a response for that.