The Day of the Locust Chapter 14 Quotes
The Day of the Locust Chapter 14 Quotes
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Quote 4
Maybe they weren't really desperate enough to set a single city on fire, let alone the whole country. (14.136)
Tod spends a lot of time thinking about "the people who come to California to die"—the same group he believes will burn L.A. to the ground. He traces their disappointment to the broken promises of the American Dream.