"And after he had smelled the last scent of her, he crouched beside her for a while, collecting himself, for he was brimful with her. he did not want to spill a drop of her scent. First he must he must seal his innermost compartments. Then he stood up and blew out the candle. " (Suskind 43)
The main character is a killer now. this is his first kill, assuming that there will be others who will die. He is insane. He seems to just be doing what he must. he was drawn to the scent of this girl and could not let it go. i think he killed her because he felt like he must in order smell her properly and so she couldn't escape. He found the best scent known to him yet and now he must kill the source. the end of the paragraph i thought was symbolic because blowing out the candle can mean ending a life.
-why must he kill?
-im not sure if i like or hate the character. how does the author make me feel this way?
-his cause is so important to him that the justification of murder is not even an issue to him. so does this mean he is insane?
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8/10
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