![]() ![]() Pattyn is unable to take the stress going on in her home, and begins to question her role in life, especially through her father's eyes. She appears to also hold a resentment of her alcoholic father and oppressed, submissive mother, and having to care for her six younger sisters during their father's alcohol-induced rages. It is hinted that Pattyn deeply disagrees with the strict Mormon lifestyle she's lived throughout her childhood, as well as the expectations that will be held of her as a woman according to her Mormon community, and wishes to break free and gain the freedom to become her own person with her own take on life. Grant), Jackie (Jack Pershing), and Pattyn (George Patton). Lee), Davie (Jefferson Davis), Teddie (Theodore Roosevelt), Ulyssa (Ulysses S. But Pattyn's mother only conceived seven girls, named after famous generals: (youngest to oldest) Georgia (George Patton), Roberta (Robert E. ![]() Her mother believes her duty is to make as many children as possible, especially a boy to carry on the family name, just as her husband wishes. Her father is an alcoholic who beats her mother, believing a wife must succumb to her husband's actions. Pattyn is seventeen years old and is the oldest of seven girls in a Mormon household. Burned is Ellen Hopkins's fourth book, and the first book in the Burned Series. ![]()
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