larry (attack)

• Pied piper


  Parents saw him as (in a positive way, children follow him)
• Pied piper


  (Negative connotations - childhood story: man who used his power to kidnap all town's children, were never seen again)
• Larry's power


  Can present himself as almost a puppeteer
• After the attack


  He's 'Whistling a tune'
• 'Whistling'


  Connotes happiness/satisfaction/relaxation
• Shocks reader, no remorse from Larry
• Carefully thought out plan that he executed without feeling any guilt
• Francis describes Larry as

  A 'ghostly silhouette'
• 'Ghostly'


  Connotes death (language linked to death woven throughout the novel)
• Larry


  Can be seen as lifeless showing he feels no emotion
• Larry is not the man they thought he was. That man has 'died'
• This moment


  Made Francis decides to kill Larry