Literary Illuminator

Pg 65

The Missis and me, we didn't sleep two hours last night, was up and down the whole time, on account of we git a sick baby. But the only thing we heard, about ten-thirty, quarter to eleven, I heard a car drive away, and I made the remark to Missis, "There goes Bib Rupp." I started walking home, and on the way, about halfway down the lane, I saw Kenyon's old collie and that dog was scared. Stood there with its tail between its legs, didn't bark or move. And seeing the dong- somehow that made me feel again. I'd been to dazed, too numb, to feel the full viciousness of it. The suffering. The horror. They were dead. A whole family. Gentle, kindly people, people I knew-murdered. You had to believe it, because it was really true."


This part of the book actually shows a bit of a strong wording to the death of the people. Everything that happens you can see from the characters point of view. You see this dog that once belonged to someone you knew. The dog's alone, afraid and it has no where to be anymore since the murder. The author words the death a bit strongly but in a way someone can relate to how the character feels if they had someone maybe in their family or a friend that has died.