questionable.kdstrack wrote: ↑16 Apr 2019, 11:32 If you go back and reread location 3782, you will see that it was actually Suzette that discovered the insurance policy - after Larry and Louise were out to sea. Later, Louise confirms that neither of them knew about the policy her father had put in place (loc. 4296). Louise was just jealous of Suzette. She laments (lpc. 3790), "she'd been so wrong about Larry." It was an accident!
Was Larry's accident a "lie"?
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Ferdinand_otieno wrote: ↑25 Apr 2019, 14:15questionable.kdstrack wrote: ↑16 Apr 2019, 11:32 If you go back and reread location 3782, you will see that it was actually Suzette that discovered the insurance policy - after Larry and Louise were out to sea. Later, Louise confirms that neither of them knew about the policy her father had put in place (loc. 4296). Louise was just jealous of Suzette. She laments (lpc. 3790), "she'd been so wrong about Larry." It was an accident!
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I'm arguing that he didn't plan it, but he certainly did not jump out the way-with all his experience, he should have at least attempted to move.IloveSpain01 wrote: ↑25 Apr 2019, 21:53 I just read chapter 15 where Larry suffers the injury. I think it is too complicated of an injury in addition to the timing to be an accident. There isn't a way to plan that.
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I hope everyone joins the RebellionFerdinand_otieno wrote: ↑19 Apr 2019, 03:35Take some time, review what we know and the revelation that there was a insurance policy which Larry may have found, then ....Welcome to the Rebellion, where we question even the author's verdictCharlizeGwapa wrote: ↑18 Apr 2019, 11:55 i didn't think about it so much, but, I think it was indeed an accident. Good point you got there.
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I argue that he could have attempted to dive out the way, but just stood there. With all his experience diving to safety is second instict, that he didn't is telling. And why would he do this if he did not somehow know about the insurance policy and realize his death would be a better life for Louise? I say, he found the policy, realized its value and returned it into the rest of the documents. He had to die while tugging and it had to seem convincing. He could not predict the accident on the Express, the bad weather while tugging or that the cable might snap, but that last one- a cable snapping during tur ulent weather, he definitely could have forseen that. Standing still and expecting an instant death was his idea, but fate intervened to give him a relatively slow one through amputation.juliusotieno02 wrote: ↑26 Apr 2019, 04:04 The accident not only put risk on Lary but also had an effect on others. I don't think he could intentionaly plan and execute such a horrible thing. I think it was just a genuine accident.
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Ferdinand_otieno wrote: ↑26 Apr 2019, 04:38I argue that he could have attempted to dive out the way, but just stood there. With all his experience diving to safety is second instict, that he didn't is telling. And why would he do this if he did not somehow know about the insurance policy and realize his death would be a better life for Louise? I say, he found the policy, realized its value and returned it into the rest of the documents. He had to die while tugging and it had to seem convincing. He could not predict the accident on the Express, the bad weather while tugging or that the cable might snap, but that last one- a cable snapping during tur ulent weather, he definitely could have forseen that. Standing still and expecting an instant death was his idea, but fate intervened to give him a relatively slow one through amputation.juliusotieno02 wrote: ↑26 Apr 2019, 04:04 The accident not only put risk on Lary but also had an effect on others. I don't think he could intentionaly plan and execute such a horrible thing. I think it was just a genuine accident.
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Ferdinand_otieno wrote: ↑20 Apr 2019, 14:21I think it was in the moment, seeing the cable about to snap, he saw a way of getting the insurance money for Louise and the company. I don't think he thought he might survive the initial "accident" and he definitely didn't plan on the amputation.
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agree to disagree.YL_Eytka wrote: ↑22 Apr 2019, 16:31 I think it was an accident, the death seemed way to brutal to have been planned, but on a somewhat unrelated note, when Louise said that they needed a big claim, I had thought she had meant a life insurance claim and therefore thought there would b a subplot of either Larry or Louise dying for a life insurance claim (silly I know, I'm not too familiar with boats)
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It was a life insurance policy in the event one of the owners DIED while out during a tug.Shielasshi_93 wrote: ↑26 Apr 2019, 20:09 I believe it was real. Why would he choose to make himself suffer a painful death when he could just make it simpler, he even lost his foot.
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It was a life insurance policy inShielasshi_93 wrote: ↑26 Apr 2019, 20:09 I believe it was real. Why would he choose to make himself suffer a painful death when he could just make it simpler, he even lost his foot.
the event one of the owners
DIED while out during a tug.
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I believe it was an accident,but I also think Larry could've dived to safety but chose not to. I believe he did this because he'd already seen the policy, returned it to its original place, and waited for any opportunity during any tug for his life to be i danger.cvetelina_yovcheva87 wrote: ↑27 Apr 2019, 02:39 I believe it was an accident. There were other ways to earn money, so I do not think Larry would intentionally cause the accident.