Answer:
Bailey notices in Chapter 10 that the children of the neighborhood don't play with Todd. Ethan doesn't go to his house. When he comes around Bailey and Marshmallow feel his presence with fear. Bailey likes summer when they go to the Farm. He learns all the smells and sounds on the way to the town. One day when they are in the town, Bailey sees a dog catching a plastic disk. When they get home Ethan goes to his room to start making "the flip," a cross between a frisbee, When Ethan throws it Bailey can't catch it and Ethan becomes discouraged.
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Answer:
I believe the answer is metaphor.
A newly gained freedom, but to some parts of the Middle east it still represents a harsh beating, or death by the husband