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Mr. Montgomery-Taylor is Allie’s long-term foster father and Mrs. Montgomery-Taylor’s husband. Mr. Montgomery-Taylor is abusive towards Allie and frequently rapes her. When Allie is able to control her power well enough, she kills Mr. Montgomery-Taylor as he is raping her. These crimes spur Allie to constantly want to live among women and find a sense of safety, which is what leads her to the convent and eventually her role as a religious leader. At the end of the book, Allie learns that it was actually Mrs. Montgomery-Taylor who spurred him to commit these acts of violence.
Mr. Montgomery-Taylor Quotes in The Power
The The Power quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Montgomery-Taylor or refer to Mr. Montgomery-Taylor. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 6: Allie
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“Saw you. Saw you in the graveyard with those boys. Filthy. Little. Whore.” Each word punctuated with a punch, or a slap, or a kick. She doesn’t roll into a ball. She doesn’t beg him to stop. She knows it only makes it go on longer. He pushes her knees apart. His hand is at his belt. He’s going to show her what kind of a little whore she is. As if he hadn’t shown her many times in the past.
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Chapter 42
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Look, I’m not even real. Or not real like you think “real” means. I’m here to tell you what you want to hear.
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Mr. Montgomery-Taylor Quotes in The Power
The The Power quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Montgomery-Taylor or refer to Mr. Montgomery-Taylor. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 6: Allie
Quotes
“Saw you. Saw you in the graveyard with those boys. Filthy. Little. Whore.” Each word punctuated with a punch, or a slap, or a kick. She doesn’t roll into a ball. She doesn’t beg him to stop. She knows it only makes it go on longer. He pushes her knees apart. His hand is at his belt. He’s going to show her what kind of a little whore she is. As if he hadn’t shown her many times in the past.
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Chapter 42
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Look, I’m not even real. Or not real like you think “real” means. I’m here to tell you what you want to hear.
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