Johanna Park answers “Did Justine actually kill Amy, or was Mrs....”

Michelle Spryszynski asked this question about Pet:

Did Justine actually kill Amy, or was Mrs. Price just such a master manipulator that she made Justine believe it? I kept going back on forth on it.

Johanna Park I wonder if the author deliberately makes us question this as part of her wider comment on manipulation. Mrs Price manipulates everyone, but there are…moreI wonder if the author deliberately makes us question this as part of her wider comment on manipulation. Mrs Price manipulates everyone, but there are small manipulations everywhere in the book. The children are always manoeuvring to become Mrs Price’s pet and also to be popular with each other. Justine was especially vulnerable having recently lost her mother and suffering from seizures that make her confused and forgetful. I wondered if she was making everything up in her head right until Mrs Price snapped and strangled her and even then I questioned whether the whole scenario was a fantasy of her own making. (less)

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