Peter’s Conscience

Heidi

This thread follows Peter’s jealousy, destructive choice, anxiety, confession, and eventual forgiveness.

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Bearing strength in each event

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Jealousy Builds Jealousy Builds from "Heidi". Peter Feels Replaced A changed routine Heidi spends her days with Clara rather than accompanying Peter and the goats. Peter resents the new friendship.

Jealousy Builds from "Heidi". Peter Feels Replaced A changed routine Heidi spends her days with Clara rather than accompanying Peter and the goats. Peter resents the new friendship.

Peter Feels Replaced A changed routine Heidi spends her days with Clara rather than accompanying Peter and the goats. Peter resents the new friendship. Anger grows He begins to see Clara’s chair as the obstacle between himself and the companionship he wants back.

The Chair Destroyed The Chair Destroyed from "Heidi". A Secret Wrong A reckless act Peter pushes Clara’s chair down the slope while no one is watching. It breaks beyond repair.

The Chair Destroyed from "Heidi". A Secret Wrong A reckless act Peter pushes Clara’s chair down the slope while no one is watching. It breaks beyond repair.

A Secret Wrong A reckless act Peter pushes Clara’s chair down the slope while no one is watching. It breaks beyond repair. Short-lived triumph He imagines Clara will leave and Heidi will return to him, without considering the harm his act may cause.

Fear of Discovery Fear of Discovery from "Heidi". Guilt Takes Hold Watching the success Clara walks without the chair Peter destroyed.

Guilt Takes Hold Watching the success Clara walks without the chair Peter destroyed. His attempt to end her visit has instead helped prompt the decisive effort. Anxiety spreads When he sees the wreckage discussed in Dorfli, he imagines police and punishment following him.

A Hasty Confession A Hasty Confession from "Heidi". Fear Misread Panic on the slope Peter mistakes Herr Sesemann for an officer and tumbles down the mountain while fleeing. The telegram is lost.

A Hasty Confession from "Heidi". Fear Misread Panic on the slope Peter mistakes Herr Sesemann for an officer and tumbles down the mountain while fleeing. The telegram is lost.

Fear Misread Panic on the slope Peter mistakes Herr Sesemann for an officer and tumbles down the mountain while fleeing. The telegram is lost. Consequences approach His fear intensifies the secrecy he has maintained, even though the adults have not yet confronted him.

Forgiven and Rewarded Forgiven and Rewarded from "Heidi". The Truth Comes Out Acknowledgment Peter admits he caused the chair’s destruction and lost the telegram. Frau Sesemann explains how guilt has tormented him.

Forgiven and Rewarded from "Heidi". The Truth Comes Out Acknowledgment Peter admits he caused the chair’s destruction and lost the telegram. Frau Sesemann explains how guilt has tormented him.

The Truth Comes Out Acknowledgment Peter admits he caused the chair’s destruction and lost the telegram. Frau Sesemann explains how guilt has tormented him. A second chance Rather than punish him, she gives him a lifelong weekly penny and urges him not to hide wrongdoing.

the summer Clara stays on the Alm

the morning of the flower-meadow excursion

the day Clara first walks

the day Herr Sesemann climbs toward the hut

the day the Frankfurt family visits the Alm