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Then all of a sudden The Beatles came out of nowhere and decided to...

And thus we see how all the best liad plans of mice and men come to naught. If I keep on writing like this I wonder how long it will take before it goes to the end of the page and goes over and then what that correlates to in the actual thing up top. Let me go for at least another line so I can really see what's going on here.

This is a test of 'the emergency broadcasting system' and I'm not sure what that will do. So I'll try it again with a lot of water. And now I'll do it with three. Ready? Okay, here we go again with all the beauty of the earth. what if 'I do four of' them?

Editing
This section will be devoted to:
 * editing stuff and whatnot
 * Not not editing stuff and that kind of thing.
 * the Lord of the rings Okay probably not.

super close better watch out
This is a test to see what's up.

So if I site a source what do I do?  I think I like icecream. <!Oh really? Me too!> I like cake, too. < Holy smokes > SO now to try to do a source

Sleepwalking
In the novel, both Clithero and Huntly are sleepwalkers, although at the beginning of the book Huntly does not realize it. Sleepwalking is prevalent in the story, and Brown uses this device to drive the plot of the novel. For example, Huntly first notices Clithero while Clithero is sleepwalking near the Elm tree. This is what leads Huntly to investigate into Clithero's activities further, and why Huntly accuses Clithero of killing Waldegrave. It is while Huntly is following a sleep-walking Clithero that he first comes to the cave, which plays a major role in the plot. The entire second half of the novel revolves around the travelings of Huntly as he tries to return home; this occurs because Huntly wakes up in the bottom of a cave which he entered into by sleep-walking. Waldegrave's papers also mysetriously disappear, but later the reader learns that they were misplaced by Huntly during the night. Because Huntly was sleepwalking while he did this, he has no recollection of the events and the missing papers are therefore a great concern to him. At the end of the novel, Huntly no longer has troubles with sleepwalking.

Morality and Truth
"Brown's notion of truth is so deeply private, so radically democratic, it never firmly or fully establishes itself anywhere or in any one person. All people stand equal in their judgement of the truth, because no permanent, instantly accessible field of knowledge exists to which they can submit." This idea can be found in this novel, especially in Clithero and Huntly. In Clithero's tale, for example, he goes to kill his caretaker Mrs. Lorimer, because he killed her brother. In Clitero's mind, he reasons that Mrs. Lorimer would be better off dead then learning about the death of her brother, especially because she herself said that she could not live with the knowledge of his death. Clithero therefore thinks that what he is doing is an act of mercy instead of murder. When Huntly first hears this tale, he is moved by compassion and also twists his reasoning and logic to come to that conclusion. However, at the end of the novel, when Clitero goes out in search for Mrs. Lorimer again, Huntly realizes his mistake. Huntly also has many moral dilemmas in this novel. In the last half of the novel when he is called upon to kill Indians, he says that "My aversion to bloodshed was not to be subdued but by the direst necessity." Those dire circumstances occur, and soon Huntly has killed three Indians, to which he remarks, "Three beings, full of energy and heroism, endowed with minds strenouos and lofty, poured out their lives before me. I was the instrument of their destruction.  This scene of carnage and blood was laid by me.  To this havock and horror was I led by such rapid footsteps!" Huntly mourns the fact that he had to take human life, however, later in the book he learns that one of the Indians he had slain might have been responsible for killing Waldegrave, and this knowledge comforts his conscience. Huntly's justification of killing is similar to Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov's justification in Crime and Punishment. They both see their actions as fulfilling a higher and more noble purpose. In this novel there seems to be no value for human life, especially Indian life.

The Gothic
In his preface, Brown claims that he will not use the same means as previous authors to create the Gothic feel. That is, he will not use "puerile superstition and exploded manners; Gothic castles and chimeras." However, as one continues to read through the book they soon find that Brown didn't completely live up to his promise. Brown creates the Gothic feel of the novel in order to create suspense. He does this through scenery and setting, mysterious characters, hidden secrets, and so forth. For example, the cave, which is a key element of the novel, is described as being completely dark. Not only that, but there are various paths within the cave that one can take, making the cave mysterious as well. Another example is the character Arthur Wiatte. His motives are to destroy and tear down. One might say he shows signs of having the Imp of the Perverse, which is when one does evil simply because it is evil.

Coincidence also occurs frequently. In one instance, Huntly is trying to open an enigmatic wooden box. While this would be impossible to most people, Huntly is able to open it because he just so happens to be a wooden box maker. Another time, the path in the cave that Huntly takes leads right up to where Clithero is hiding. Many of the characters that were in Clithero's tale also happened to be known by Huntly, for example, Sarsefield. Huntly barely escapes death multiple times. Once, a log bridging a large chasem allows Huntly to escape a panther, and falls just as the panther is crossing over, saving Huntly's life. Another time Huntly manages to somehow escape being shoot at repeatedly by jumping into a nearby river. These instances add to the suspense of the novel, as well as its Gothic tone.

Major Characters

 * Edgar Huntly--The protagonist of the story. His immediate family was killed by Indians when he was younger, and so now he currently lives with his uncle and two sisters on a farm outside of Philadelphia.  He is betrothed to Mary Waldegrave.  He is a wooden box-maker.  He is also a sleep-walker, but does not realize it until later on in the novel.
 * Waldegrave--Huntly's friend. He is dead at the beginning of the novel, and the plot begins with an attempt to find his murderer.  He had many philosophical ponderings, which he often wrote down.  The papers are now in the possession of Huntly.  At the end of the novel the reader learns that it was an Indian that killed Waldegrave.
 * Mary Waldegrave--She is Waldegrave's sister. The majority of the novel is a long letter written by Huntly to Mary.  After the passing of Waldegrave, Mary inherits his belongings and money.
 * Weymouth--He is friends with Waldegrave. He appears once in the novel to inform Huntly that according to Waldegrave, Waldegrave's inheritance was to go to him (Weymouth.)
 * Clithero--A sleep-walker. He is also a tortured soul, due to the fact that he killed his care-taker's brother and then tried to kill his care-taker.  Huntly at first blames him for the death of Waldegrave, but later changes his mind.  After relating the story of his past to Huntly, Clithero runs off to live in the wilderness.  He is later found by Huntly, who gives him food, and manages to survive the forest.  At the end of the novel, after hearing that his care-taker is alive, flees America to go after her.
 * Mrs. Lorimer--Clithero's care-taker. She is described as a very charitable person.  Because of her love for her brother, she claims that if he were to die she would as well.  Upon hearing about the death of her brother, she faints, causing Clithero to believe she is dead.
 * Arthur Wiatte--Mrs. Lorimer's brother. An evil character.  He is killed in an alley by Clithero while attempting to rob him.
 * Saresfield--Mrs. Lorimer's lover. He is thought to be dead for a time until he makes an amazing reappernce, and soon befriends Clithero.  He spends time in America, and even meets and becomes friends with Huntly there.  At the end of the novel he has married Mrs. Lorimer.