Winter's Bone pg. 109-130

"He flung his arm out, gesturing vaguely toward the land up the hill behind the house. 'I'd sell off that Bromont timber now while you can'" (Woodrell 112).

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       Upon Teardrop's arrival to tell Ree that her father had not shown for his court case, he insists for Ree to sell the timber behind Ree's house because she will need the money from it. It is known that "the true price of such a sale would be the ruination of home, and despite lean years of hardship no generation yet wanted to be the one who wrought that upon the family land" (104). Teardrop encourages Ree to sell the timber because he wants to see her be the disappointment to the family name. Rather than trying to save Ree from ruining the family name, Teardrop makes her feel like a failure. Teardrop gives Ree some money to help her out, but he is implying that her situation is too difficult to overcome. He does not want to see Ree succeed. Teardrop is weak willed and does not understand Ree's determination. Teardrop also has a sense of sincerity when he says this to Ree because he does not want whomever ends up living in Ree's house next to cut the timber. He does not want the timber to go to waste and let someone else make a profit off of it.