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Support the following statement: Mr Shimerda is orderly in his death. just as he has been in life

Chapter 14 book 1

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Mr. Shimerda's death is a picture of striking contrasts. He dies in a violent way, yet is was quiet even orderly. There was a quiet order in which he failed to run his farm. The devastation of his living situation is juxtaposed by his quiet and orderly suffering.