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Taming 7
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Chapters 10-31Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of rape, sexual violence, child abuse, child sexual abuse, death by suicide, self-harm, substance and alcohol use, substance dependency, sexual content, and cursing.
Chapter 10 Summary: “Back to Tommen—Gibsie”
On Thursday, Gibsie gets ready for his final year of school. Downstairs, he finds his mother and stepfather talking to Johnny. Keith talks with Johnny about Mark, who also used to play rugby, as Gibsie does his best to ignore them, not wanting to start a fight.
Gibsie, Claire, Johnny, and Shannon all ride to school together. Shannon shows them baby pictures, as Joey and his girlfriend, Aoife, just brought their child, AJ, home from the hospital.
Chapter 11 Summary: “I Predict a Riot—Claire”
The first day of school goes poorly. One boy, Ronan McGarry, calls Aoife a “slut,” causing Joey to fight him and get suspended for two weeks. Shannon’s little brother, Tadhg, also gets in trouble for joining in the fight.
At lunch, Shannon sobs over Joey’s first day at Tommen, while Johnny comforts her. To lighten the mood, Gibsie brings muffins from Johnny’s mother. As he feeds them to Claire, the other rugby boys joke about it. When one player, Danny, takes it too far, Gibsie jumps out of his seat and starts fighting him. Soon, all the rugby players join in, a full-out brawl breaking out in the lunchroom. It only stops when Johnny steps in and pulls them apart.
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