Chapter+33

=CHAPTER 33: For Him or Her? -- Kristian McCallen =

**__EVENTS or DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS CHAPTER:__** Hareton and Cathy further develop their new relationship by claiming a portion of the garden for themselves in the middle of some of Joseph's cherished trees. In front of Heathcliff, they try to hide their relationship and yet, Heathcliff notices anyways. Joseph interrupts a meal and complains about his trees, at which point Cathy gets sassy with Heathcliff and he demands she leave room and that Hareton be the one to throw her out. Hareton tries to convince her to leave quietly, unwilling to take sides between his two loyalties. However, Heathcliff does not force him make a choice by suddenly calming down and asking everyone to leave. Later, Hareton asks Cathy not to accuse Heathcliff in front of him, a request which she can understand and uphold. Ellen is very please to see her two "children" finally happy and together at that as Hareton shakes off his imposed ignorance. Heathcliff tells Nelly later that the pair of Hareton and Cathy remind him of Catherine and no longer seem to be things in themselves but associations to the past. He has lost his interest in destruction and daily life in general. Hareton, in fact, reminded him of Heathcliff in his youth. Everyone seemed to take a resemblance to Catherine as she came to haunt him completely at this time. Heathcliff confessed he felt change coming, especially when he felt so disconnected to the living and close to the dead. Nelly questioned his physical and mental health, but shrugged it off in the end.

__**3 IMPORTANT QUOTATIONS FROM THIS CHAPTER (and why):**__ "I have lost the faculty of enjoying their destruction, and I am too idle to destroy for nothing." p. 295

"He dared not speak to her, there: he dared hardly look; and yet, she went on teasing, till he was twice on the point of being provoked to laugh; and I frowned, and then, she glanced towards the master, whose mind was occupied on other subjects than his company, has his countenance evinced, and she grew serious for an instant, scrutinizing him with deep gravity. Afterwards she turned, and recommenced her nonsense; at last, Hareton uttered a smothered laugh." p. 290


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