![]() ![]() Greed is the only thing that motivates Richard he wants moolah, and he's willing to do pretty much anything to get it. So while it would be incredibly difficult to imagine Pima killing Sadna, it's much more believable to imagine Nailer killing a man who never really acted as his father. He never offers Nailer the safety and security that we often associate with family. He'd disappear for weeks at a time, and when he was home, he'd beat Nailer and take what little Nailer earned. Richard never acted like Nailer's father. Sure his dad was evil and violent and an addict, but he was still Nailer's father, and since his mom's dead already, he's Nailer's only official family. Some might say that Richard deserves what he gets in the end, but Nailer still has complex feelings about the man. But now that he was dead, Nailer couldn't help remembering other times as well, times when the man hadn't been high, when he'd laughed at jokes, when they'd roasted a pig on the beach, good times. His dad had been crazy and destructive and if he was honest, downright evil. "I don't say that about many people, but Richard Lopez left a lot of hurt behind him." In the last chapter, Nailer and Sadna talk about what Richard was like in life: ![]() And then he's not sure how he feels about it. Let's work backward, shall we? Nailer kills his own father to survive. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |