I first off, agree with Scott and do feel that there is a great amount of foreshadowing in this book. The quotes from several of the characters remains significant throughout the story. I'm kinda angry about some of the comments that have been made though. I've been thinking all day of someway to put this all into perspective rather than to just speculate what took place in the story. I can say from experience that people who live in poverty do many things that seem bizarre and outrageous, but there is always some linked reason behind it. Now I myself was not a victim of poverty, but i live near a lot of it and several of my friends families were as well. In this case I think there are reasons behind the behaviors of all the characters... even Glen. Glen is the one that I feel is the most twisted by far. What I say in regard to Glen's personality is all just a theory, but if one were to look at Glen's past and even his physical demographics it is kinda easy to see what created this man. First off, he is short and kind of unproportionally shaped (like the big hands and small feet), which could be a cause of his insecurity. He was the youngest child of his family and strongly influenced by his brothers and parents to be something he wasn't mentally capable of doing. Glen had to be in control. He had to be in "daddy's pants" at all times. As for Anney... well one thing that bothers me is John's definition of abuse.. I mean what do you define as abuse?? I feel that emotional abuse can be just as traumatic as physical abuse, personally. Anney wasn't abused as a child but she had to face being a pregnant teen with now legitimate father, losing the man of her dreams and having to support Bone and Reese. I just feel that in the end Anney somehow justified leaving Bone, by her feelings that Bone was some kind of burden on her that would only make her life more complicated. That is just another theory but that is how i see it