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Quote #10
He never liked to relive that memory because it brought others with it, as if a bulging sack of grain had burst and he was trying to keep the kernels from spilling out. The death of his father dragged other deaths with it, and in each of them was always the image of that shattered face: one eye mangled, the other staring vengefully. And another memory, and another, until that death was erased from memory and there was no longer anyone to remember it. (39.5)
Pedro's memory of his father's horrible, violent death is a clue to his own violent behavior. Memory is potent stuff—don't mess with it. You might just create a monster like Pedro.