How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Richard took her ring finger. Pima's breath came in ragged gasps. He smiled, getting his head down so they were eye to eye again. "Now you know better, don't you?'
Pima nodded frantically, but still he wrenched her finger. (12.97-98)
After Pima tries to kill Richard, he decides to spare her life, but he breaks her fingers to teach her a lesson. Pima's frightened beyond belief because of Richard's unpredictable nature, and he feeds off this fear. Her fear gives him power—that's why he smiles. And even when Pima indicates that she's learned her lesson, he continues to hurt her, so this is more than violent; it's cruel. We have to wonder how Nailer turned out so different from his father.
Quote #5
She was hard and deadly and Nailer had no doubt that if his father asked her to do it, she would kill him and Pima and Lucky Girl, and sleep well afterward.
He didn't feel guilty.
And yet, still, as he stole close, his heart pounded in his chest and the blood thudded in his ears like beach drums. (14.6-8)
Even though Nailer says he doesn't feel guilty about approaching Blue Eyes to kill her, do you believe him? Why or why not? And how are guilt and violence connected for Nailer? For Richard and his crew?