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Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

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Demon Copperhead Chapters 54-64 Summary & Analysis

Chapter 54 Summary

Dori has a miscarriage and Demon resolves to save her.

Chapter 55 Summary

Jane sends Emmy to a drug rehabilitation center.

Angus calls Demon for help. U-Haul tries to assault her. He threatens to report Coach Winfield for embezzlement if she doesn’t have sex with him. However, Angus has evidence that U-Haul has been forging Winfield’s signature so that U-Haul can take money from the school and give it to his mother. When U-Haul finally leaves, Demon shows Angus how to use Coach Winfield’s gun and makes sure she’s securely locked in her room.

Chapter 56 Summary

Dori dies of an overdose. Demon notes that “The funeral was so wrong, I couldn’t see how it mattered. I’d already done everything in the world I could for Dori, and it added up to nothing” (469). Angus has helped Coach Winfield reveal the truth about U-Haul to the school board. They’re considering suspending Winfield, but not until after football season. Angus still plans on transferring to a college far away, but she plans on helping Coach through AA.

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