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Quote #10
Then he took the remains of the man in black, snapped him one way, snapped him the other, cracked him with one hand in the neck, with the other at the spine base, locked his legs up, rolled his limp arms around them, and tossed the entire bundle of what had once been human into a nearby crevice. (5.796)
Don't worry, this isn't really happening. It's just what Goldman wants us to think is happening because it builds all kinds of suspense and a total "What the…?" reaction from all of us. Uncertainty is the key to keeping an audience off balance, and Goldman is really good at using violence to create this uncertainty.