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Cruelty In George Orwell's 'Mrs. Jones'
Mrs. Jones says to Roger that he is really dirty that she won’t even take him to jail, so she makes roger go wash his face. She is a prideful woman, but that does not make her an arrogant person, as in knowing she has very little food she still shares with the hungry boy. Because of Mrs. Jones past, she knows how it is to want something and not be able to get it, leading to doing the wrong thing. She treats him the way that she wants to be treated, with respect and expects the same from

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