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' d us to think again about what we have finished reading,' this is a true statement of the novel Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux, as the ending is imperative to actually push the point of the novel. Paul Theroux masterminds the novel by leaving it to the very end ....

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.... have to restrain their father and tie him up so he can no longer torment them. This leads to a shootout with the missionaries where Allie is shot and wounded. Paddling with their father and husband downstream on the Patuca River, in a quadriplegic state, his limbs not working, Allie is only able to speak and scream. Due to Theroux’s guidance of Allies character throughout the novel, for the reader it seems likely that he could jump up and regain control over his family and the direction of the novel at any moment. Here, Allies character is used very well to make the reader afraid. Not only does Theroux use Allies character to its peak of ef ....