In chapter 8 of the book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy the author tries to make Turner and Willis adversarial relationship, become more intertwined with each other. This might create an unknown friendship with these opposites. What brought them close together is the last baseball game and the painting Mrs. Hurd’s shutters. During the last game of baseball in Phippsburg Turner was up to bat. He set his feet and readied himself for the first pitch. When he swung the ball went flying into the air but unfortunately, the first hit was a foul ball, which was hit out of the field. The second hit was the same thing. It was now his last strike so he had to make it count. But instead, he kept hitting foul balls. The umpire was now down to his