Here is the answer and explanation to the question In chapter 15, Uncle Judah shows up at the boardinghouse where Lyddie lives. Name two ways Uncle Judah “turned her life upside down.”
In chapter 15, Uncle Judah shows up at the boardinghouse where Lyddie lives. Name two ways Uncle Judah “turned her life upside down.”
In chapter 15, Uncle Judah turns Lyddie’s life upside down by bringing Rachel and telling Lyddie that he is going to sell the farm.
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Things have not been going well for Lyddie in the chapters leading up to chapter 15. The pace of the machines has been picking up. While that means more money for Lyddie, it also means that she is more exhausted. Her difficulties at work are compounded by having to help train Brigid, and Brigid does not prove to be a quick learner. By chapter 15, readers get a sense that Lyddie is starting to gain some control back. Her money situation is doing well, and Lyddie has actually started to like Brigid.
Lyddie’s uncle arrives in chapter 15, and Lyddie’s world is once again rocked with bad news. The news is three different things, but they are all tied to each other. The first piece of news is that Lyddie’s mother has been placed in an asylum. Lyddie is appalled. She knows her mother isn’t mentally well, but the asylum is for “crazy folk.” Because of that situation, a caregiver is needed for Rachel, and uncle Judah and his family can’t do it; therefore, uncle Judah shows up in chapter 15 with Rachel. Lyddie is now going to have to be her caregiver. Lyddie’s determination and loyalty to her family is shown here, because she says to her uncle that it won’t be long before she has enough money to pay off the family debt and bring everybody back to the farm. That’s when uncle Judah gives the third piece of devastating news. He is selling Lyddie’s family’s farm to pay for the asylum costs, and Lyddie’s father gave him the legal power to do it.
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First of all, Uncle Judah has Lyddie’s mother committed to a mental asylum. The explanation given is that Lyddie’s mother started to exhibit strange behavior after her husband left. Neither Uncle Judah nor his wife, Aunt Clarissa, are able to cope with the enormous demands placed upon them by Lyddie’s mother’s mental illness. So they feel they have no choice but to have her committed to the asylum at Brattleboro.
The second way that Uncle Judah turns Lyddie’s life upside down is related to the first. The treatment that Lyddie’s mother receives at the asylum costs money. As Uncle Judah and Aunt Clarissa are not exactly rich, Judah tells Lyddie he’s going to have to sell the farm to pay for her mother’s care. In addition, he can no longer take care of Lyddie’s younger sister, Rachel, so he drops her off at the boardinghouse where Lyddie’s staying.
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