Mugg's Fault In Two Paragraphs
Mother often blamed others for Mugg’s actions. Paragraph 7, line 3, “Rufus Sturtevant and again when he bit Lieutenant-Governor Malloy, but mother told them that it hadn't been Muggs' fault but the fault of the people who were bitten. "When he starts for them, they scream," she explained, "and that excites him."” Mother’s reasoning for defending Muggs is, the fight or flight reaction. They screamed and scared Muggs, he thought he was in danger so he bit them. Paragraph 3, “My mother had never liked the Congressman she said the signs of his horoscope showed he couldn't be trusted (he was Saturn with the moon in Virgo)...” Mother blames the Congressman, saying his horoscope showed he couldn’t be trusted, and that Muggs could see this. Paragraph