Why did the father pour paraffin and call the holy man? How was this unusual for his character? In the poem night of the scorpion.
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• The narrators father who was normally a rationalist and a practical man, also gave in to
the superstitious beliefs of the villages and joined them in their cursing and praying then
putting a mixture of powders and herbs on her toe, a little paraffin on the bite and lit it
with a match - hoping to burn the poison away. The narrator saw his mother's toe on fire
and must have felt afraid. A holy man, the priest, performed some rites' to probably
tame the poison. Only after (20) twenty hours did the poison subside the mother was
relieved of the pain, and thanked god that the scorpion bit her and spared her children.
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