Incidents Post #1

    What I want to know is, why doesn't Linda Brent tell her grandmother about the abuse she received from Dr. Flint? Well it feels like Linda does want to tell her grandmother about the abuse but she fears the reprocutions."I would have given the world to have laid my head on my grandmother'ss faithful bosom, and told her all my troubles. But Dr. Flint swore he would kill me"(28). She knows if she complains she knows Dr. Flint will be mad and hurt her more. If Linda chose to talk to her grandmother I feel the reprocutions would not be as severe as Linda thinks. Dr.flint is just exagerating what he will do to her so she doesn't tell her grandmother who if told could get very angry and do something very severe. Also it is interesting that linda's mistress asked her about Linda and Dr. Flint. Linda promises to tell her the truth and the mistress protects her for a little but then totaly turns on her. "She changed her tactics. She now tried the trick of accusing my master of crime, in my presence, and gave my name as the author of the accusation"(33). Before this altercation between linda and her mistress I thought maybe Linda's mistress would be the one to help her escape but now I think she might be the one to hurt her more then Dr. Flint ever did.