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Tucker's Fault In The Short Story 'The White Circle'
Who’s fault is it in The White Circle

Can you image trying to kill one of your friends over a few rotten apples? This is exactly what Tucker does in the short story The White Circle. In the story there are two boys named Tucker and Anvil. Their problems escalate Tucker tries to kill Anvil. Tucker is more at fault because He came up with the idea to kill Anvil, He actually tries to kill Anvil and, he does not realize Anvils situation.

First off Tucker came up with the plan to kill Anvil. On page 2 of the story it says “ I was lying there with a towering, homicidal detestation, planning to kill Anvil.” This shows that Tucker planned to kill Anvil early on. His own. He didn’t have to do this but he came up with this idea on his own.

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