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I do think it should still be on the list because even though Alma\'s reason for doing so was to hide any weakness from the community rather than specifically to harm Mirabel\'s mental state, she flatly contradicts Mirabel\'s accurate account with the result that Mirabel is publicly humiliated and doubts her perception of reality. This fits with a larger pattern of Mirabel being marginalized and treated as TheUnfavorite. \'\'Even her mother\'\' implies that Mirabel is, if not making it up, at least seeing things due to stress. What seals it for me is the overheard prayer. If not for that, it might be reasonable for Alma to doubt Mirabel\'s claims, but the prayer makes it clear to me that Alma \'\'knows\'\' Mirabel is telling the truth, but deliberately makes the decision to let Mirabel and the rest of the town think she\'s crazy or attention-seeking for the sake of her reputation I\'m good with it being marked as downplayed because she didn\'t intentionally set out to drive Mirabel crazy, but it was still an intentional action, she \'\'did\'\' set out to discredit Mirabel in the eyes of the family and town, and the result was the same.
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I do think it should still be on the list because even though Alma\\\'s reason for doing so was to hide any weakness from the community rather than specifically to harm Mirabel\\\'s mental state, she flatly contradicts Mirabel\\\'s accurate account with the result that Mirabel is publicly humiliated and doubts her perception of reality. This fits with a larger pattern of Mirabel being marginalized and treated as TheUnfavorite. \\\'\\\'Even her mother\\\'\\\' implies that Mirabel is, if not making it up, at least seeing things due to stress. What seals it for me is the overheard prayer. If not for that, it might be reasonable for Alma to doubt Mirabel\\\'s claims, but the prayer makes it clear to me that Alma \\\'\\\'knows\\\'\\\' Mirabel is telling the truth, but deliberately makes the decision to let Mirabel and the rest of the town think she\\\'s crazy or attention-seeking for the sake of her reputation. I\\\'m good with it being marked as downplayed because she didn\\\'t intentionally set out to drive Mirabel crazy, but it was still an intentional action, she \\\'\\\'did\\\'\\\' set out to discredit Mirabel in the eyes of the family and town, and the result was the same.
