Picking Nits
Delilah’s scars; Munny’s reformation; abandoned children
In the discussion (7)
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- Delilah’s scarring is considered insufficient to explain Skinny’s claim she cannot work.
- The exaggerated disfigurement story is defended as the intentional result of hearsay.
- Munny’s apparent reformation after killing children is questioned as implausible.
- Stopping drinking is offered as an explanation, with his relapse preceding revenge.
- The uncertainty of stories about his past is another way to understand the apparent contradiction.
- The climax does not show the indiscriminate killing attributed to Munny’s past; parenthood is offered as another reason his behavior might have changed.
- Leaving the children alone is a repeated objection.