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Taming 7
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Chapters 67-84Chapter 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 67 Summary: “Viper with a Tongue in the Common Room—Claire”
Seven weeks later, it is the Wednesday before the Winter Ball. School gets canceled because of snow, so Claire and Shannon spend the day at Johnny’s house. Claire gets advice from Aoife about sex, which Claire has continued to do with Gibsie despite their parents’ efforts to keep them separate.
The next day, Claire goes into the common room before school. Shannon announces that Johnny got her tickets to go to Paris for Christmas. Gibsie jokes with Claire about taking her to see Santa, prompting Lizzie to throw a cup against the wall in anger at their flirting.
An argument escalates between Gibsie and Lizzie, with Lizzie accusing him of supporting a “rapist.” Despite Gibsie’s insistence that he hates Mark too, Lizzie blames Gibsie for Caoimhe’s death.
To Claire’s surprise, Johnny openly defends Gibsie, choosing sides for the first time. He warns her to watch the way that she talks to Gibsie. When Gibsie tells Lizzie that the “only person responsible for [her] sister’s death is [Caoimhe]” (371), she lunges at him. Hugh grabs her and takes her from the common room.
In the aftermath, Katie is annoyed that her boyfriend Hugh went with Lizzie. She and Gibsie complain about Lizzie. Shannon insists that Lizzie is still grieving her sister, as she never had the opportunity to truly begin to heal.
