Book 3 and Epilogue Hour 4
Major Events:
1. Marie’s Death - The Beginning Of The End Kayleen
2. Frank Arrested - Disbelief Kayleen
3. Enid and Julian (gma and gpa) visit Davids house - Confrontation Kayleen
4. Wesley is in the kitchen and breaks down crying in Gail’s lap and David notices after
awhile - Break Down Brittany
5. Dale Paris and 4 men (Gail shoots gun) tries to get Frank out of jail - Fight or Flight
Brittany
6. Frank breaking jars/suicide - Reaching Out Cassie
7. Franks funeral (families separating) - Division of views Cassie
8. David jumps out of car to get one last look of the house - Remembrance Blake
9. Hayden's (Gail, Wes, David) moved to Fargo, North Dakota - gma writing letters A Change For All Blake
10. Len and Julian died from brain hemorrhages from keeping “secrets” and Wes died from
cancer - Don’t Fear, Don’t Lie Originally Joseph - Kayleen
11. David gets married to Betsey - Happily Ever After - Originally Joseph - Cassie
Facts/summary about Major Events:
1. Marie's Death
● Hayden's didn't get a chance to go to the funeral
● unexpected death
● no autopsy (said by Gail)
● Sent Marie's family flowers
2. Frank Arrested
● Everyone is trying to figure out why he got arrested
● Arrested by his own brother
● Julian is upset that Wes would arrested his own brother - even for a crime
● Gail wanted Frank to serve justice
3. Enid and Julian (g-ma and g-pa) visit Davids house page 114
● Enid told Wesley and Gail that Gloria wanted them to check up on Frank for her
● Wes was defending himself
● Julian was demanding to bring Frank upstairs
● Gail tries to calm everyone and the situation down
● Enid had a breakdown after hearing the news about frank and the accusations
● QUOTE: “I suddenly felt sorry for my father - not as he stood before me at that
moment, but as a boy. What must it have been like to have a father capable of
speaking to you like that?” said by David page 115-116. This is important because
David sees the child in his father and sees his grandfather as his fathers dad. He
is trying to put himself into his fathers shoes and figure out how Julian can yell at
Wesley like that. It shows the connection David has for his father.
4. Wesley is in the kitchen and breaks down crying in Gail’s lap and David notices after
awhile
● shows their love for each other and how strong their marriage is
● Wes is able to show his weakness’s to Gail
● Isn't ashamed to cry
● QUOTE: “Help me with this, Gail.” Even though they were going through a lot he
was able to show a side of himself that many haven’t seen especially David.
Therefore he relied on his wife to be there for him and was able to ask for help
without seeming less of a man.
5. Dale Paris and 4 other men (mom shoots gun) tries to get Frank out of “jail”
● QUOTE: “She raised the shotgun,pumped another shell into the chamber-the
ejected empty shell skittered across the linoleum-as if she were a practiced with
that weapon as she was with her typewriter. said by David page 137” This was
important because it shocked David to see his mother shooting a gun. Though
she had never done it before she has seen her husband, father and hunters shoot
a gun numerous of times.
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Julian sends some of his workers to try and break Frank out of Jail
6. Frank breaking jars/suicide
● Breaking jars to make noise so they will come down
● Gail and Wes let him keep going and don't check up on him
● Wes Doesn’t come down until morning and finds him dead
● Gail's bothered by all the time & effort she put into those food in jars that she keeps
hearing being smashed
7. Franks funeral (families separating)
● The family blames Wes for Franks death
● Wouldn’t speak a word to each other at the funeral
● Wes, Gail, and David didn’t attend the lunch in at church after the funeral.
8. David jumps out of car to get one last look of the house
● Too see what exactly was left at the house once they left
● He noticed things he never noticed before
● Would tell his parents he saw a “ghost”
● First time hes lied to his parents
9. Hayden's (Gail, Wes, David) moved to Fargo, North Dakota - Grandmother writes
letters(Enid)
● She doesn't talk about the incident that occurred that summer in Montana 1948
● Grandmother visited a few times until she became too ill to travel
● She kept them up to date on some of those who played roles in the tragedy
10. Len and Julian died from brain hemorrhages from keeping “secrets” and Wes died from
cancer & Gail from a heart-attack
● They kept the secrets about Frank, the pressure built, and and something had to blow
● For Wes it was the secrets that he held, but also his bitterness
11. David gets married to Betsey
● Betsy, lived in seven cities before graduating high school, David only two cities
● The story about Davids childhood hometown stunned, and fascinated her
WHY (Not facts!) is this important:
1. Marie’s Death
● Marie’s death is important because they believe that Marie’s mother blamed them for her
death. Marie’s death shocked everyone and caused Wesley to change his daily habits working morning until late at night.
● QUOTE: “Try to find out where we can send flowers. It’s the least we can do. And
we have to do something.” page 105 said by Gail. This is important because it
shows how much the Hayden’s family cared about Marie Little Soldier.
2. Frank Arrested
● Frank being arrested is important because it is now a challenge for the family to take in
what has happened. It also shows the struggle that Wes has to go through to arrest his
own brother, while his father Julian doesn’t agree with his choice. Wesley had the choice
to let Frank live his day-to-day life as usual, or to have him serve justice.
● QUOTE: “I hadn’t thought of my father as being against his brother, not in any
personal way. I preferred to think of it as though the law had taken a curve in its
course, and as a result these two brothers had ended up on opposite sides of the
road.” Page 117 said by David. This quote shows David’s perspective on how he
sees his father and uncle interact with each other. David explains how his father
and uncle ended up on opposite sides of the road. Meaning one side of the road is
the law, and the other side is personal. And his father, Wesley, is stuck in the
middle - with a big choice to make.
3. Enid and Julian (grandma and grandpa) visit David’s house
● They try and talk Wes and Gail into letting Frank go. An argument arises and they find
out about the murder that Frank committed, when Wesley yells it out loud.
● Gail tries to calm everyone down by asking for drinks, but that does not budge. Gail then
leaves the argument with Enid and heads for the kitchen.
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4. Wesley is in the kitchen and breaks down crying in Gail’s lap and David notices after the
grandparents leave, when he comes downstairs.
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5. Dale Paris and 4 men (mom shoots gun) tries to get Frank out of “jail”
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6. Frank breaking jars/suicide
● Frank breaking the jars shows how upset he is and how he cannot speak how he feels;
so he takes actions into his own hands. Frank was breaking the jars to get his brother
Wesley’s attention. If Wes would have went downstairs when Frank was throwing the
jars, Frank might still be alive.
7. Franks funeral (families separating)
● All the family sat together in the church pews during Franks ceremony, but no one talked
to each other. Afterward, while they
8. David jumps out of car to get one last look of the house
● QUOTE: Page 168 “I wanted one last look, to see what our house looked like
without us in it. If my parents asked what i was looking for , i had already decided
what i would answer. “ghosts,” i would say. This is David’s closer to the whole
event that took place in his childhood home. He wanted to see if the house, and
rooms looked any different with out everyone and a big secret covered up.
9. Hayden’s (Gail, Wes, David) moved to Fargo, North Dakota - gma writing letters
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10. Len and Julian died from brain hemorrhages from keeping “secrets” Wes died from
cancer that David believes eventually his secret about his brother eventually turned into
cancer and his mother Gail died of a Heart attack
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11. David gets married to Betsey
● Their both teachers ,and they traveled around to see Betsey’s childhood neighborhood
when she wanted to visit his childhood neighbor hood in Montana he said “no, i have no
desire to go back there.Afterwards David did not want to relive his childhood
memories by going back to Montana. He eventually told her what had happened
that summer of 1948 and during their gathering at his parents for Thanksgiving
dinner Betsey said “David told me what happened in Montana. That sure was the
wild west, wasn't it?” This is important because he had a hard time telling her for
fear of her reaction ,but eventually did to see what his families response would be
if someone who didn't know brought up the unspoken event.”
Images:
● http://casacara.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/small-snowy-house-back.jpg (image of
snowy house)
● Bouquet of flowers http://silkbridalflowers.net/photo/FRI1555.jpg
● man crying http://pomomusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/man-crying.jpg
● Digital camera http://www.prlog.org/10268109-slr-digital-camera.jpg