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Quote #10
"The clearing was full of curious men. They clustered around, until they saw the burden. And then they recoiled. Mac marched through them as though he did not see them. Across the clearing, past the stoves he marched, and the crowd followed silently behind him. He came to the platform. He deposited the figure under the hand-rail and leaped to the stand. He dragged Jim across the boards and leaned him against the corner post, and steadied him when he slipped sideways. (269)
Jim's fate in this work could not be much worse—and Mac wants to make sure that every one of the workers sees it with his or her own eyes. Mac has the ability to set his own grief aside and "use" Jim to the last to stoke the anger and violence of the crowd. While Jim might have approved (he probably would have), the quick exchange of horror for violence makes us question the motives of the strike leaders—and reminds us of Doc's prediction that violent means can only achieve violent ends.