The Cask Of Amontillado: Lyman

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purchase of the vehicle, however, they are brought together by a common interest: the car. Once the bond is formed, for some time the brothers are inseparable. For a whole summer the boys stay out in the car having adventures, meeting new people and furthering the bond that the car has created.
When they return from their trip, Henry is sent to war and he leaves the car to Lyman. While Henry is gone, Lyman spends his time pampering and fixing the car. Lyman sees the car almost as Henry himself or an extension of him. Again, even though they are thousands of miles apart, the car still serves as somewhat of a bond, at least from Lyman to Henry.
During the war, Henry is taken as a P.O.W. and spends time in a Vietnamese prison. When he returns home, “Henry was very different...the change was no good,” Lyman says. He was constantly paranoid and evidently mentally unstable as a result of his war-time trauma. When the family believes there is nothing that will help, Lyman thinks ...

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