Let's discuss Mr. Shears and Mrs. Shears together. Yeah, yeah - we all know they're divorced, and it is probably awkward for them to must see each other socially, not to mention share a Shmoop profile. But we think doing it this manner makes the most sense, so we'll proceed. Their story is mainly this: Mr. Shears and Christopher's mother run off collectively. Mrs. Shears and Christopher's father, left behind, check out a romance, too. Mrs. Shears backs out, though, so Christopher's father kills her dog. With a pitchfork. In case we hadn't already mentioned that. And, certain, if we actually got into it, there's probably a scandalous Desperate Housewives-model drama there. But this is Christopher's story, so let's limit ourselves to what this complicated marital strife has to do with him specifically. That is the place Mr. and Mrs. Shears look fairly related. Basically, they're both kind of (or very) mean to Christopher. They appear to take out their points on this poor child, and they do not hold again - at all.

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