Sheridan's Son Bibbs Faces Pressure to Join Family Business
In a tense confrontation at Sheridan's office Bibbs is pressed about his future as his father mocks his poetic ambitions and questions why a son should seek "bigger" wealth. Bibbs reveals a wish to write while his father extols practical ads and industrial progress amid the town's booming pump works.
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Sheridan
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George' Jackson
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Honest Jim
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Edo Rosege
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Egypt
Miss Vertrees
Doc Gurney
KRT Bloss
George Waldo Emerson
Edlith
The Slave Driving Father and a Son’s Suicide Question
A reader asks if a demanding father could drive a sickly son to suicide by forcing work beyond his abilities and whether the father could be guilty of murder in such a case. The inquiry probes moral culpability and responsibility under extreme parental pressure.
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Darky
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George
Dafky
Edith
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Mary
Old Sheridan Mirrors a Boyish Grief at the River
The fragment hints at a troubled youth facing despair. It portrays a lone young man drawn toward a river as an imagined solution to his misery, reflecting the era's somber tone on parental pressure and sorrow.
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