What's Eating Gilbert Grape? - Chapters 21 and 22 Summary & Analysis

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What's Eating Gilbert Grape? - Chapters 21 and 22 Summary & Analysis

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Chapters 21 and 22 Summary

In Chapter 21, while Arnie is in the bathtub, he tells Gilbert not to go downstairs to watch Elvis with the girls. Arnie says he hates Elvis. Amy and Larry were drinking beer upstairs in the attic while listening to Elvis songs. When Arnie went upstairs to get them, their brother Larry was throwing a dart at the same time Arnie opened the door and the dart took out Arnie's eye. Now Arnie has a glass eye. Gilbert puts Arnie to bed and then tries to go to sleep, but he is restless. When he looks out his bedroom window, Gilbert sees what looks like someone lighting a match, the match blowing out and someone relighting a match. He grabs a flashlight and heads out to the backyard. Finally, he hears a giggle and then sees a candle burning over a paper...

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