What happens in the chapter February in The Wednesday Wars ​

February Summary. In "February", Holling and his family prepare for the Kiwanis Club dinner, where his father will be receiving the Commerce Businessman of 1967 Award. Holling's sister and Mr. Hoodhood tears up his own flower as he swears about the carpenters, but the family has to leave for the dinner.

Explanation:

in my opinion i think it was not excessive at all. the maids turned against the queen in his absence, how could he ever trust them again? if he let them go they would surely spread the news of the suitor's deaths, which is much too risky. as for the suitors, they were selfish, rude, and greedy. the god's had apparently marked them for death, meaning odysseus made their death come faster.