quotes alone chris

• 'is that as far as your mind can see, the business?' pg70

• 'your not even an animal no animal kills his own, what are you?' pg70

• 'ON THE RISE: Chris is discovered at right, sawing the broken-off tree, leaving stump standing alone.' pg 41 

• 'theres a universe of people outside and you're responsible to it.' 

• 'a listener. a man capable of immense affection and loyalty.' pg11

• 'CHRIS: i kissed you...ANN: like larrys brother. do it like you chris.' pg35

• 'this kid came to me and gave me his last pair of dry socks. Put them in my pocket. Thats only a little thing...but...thats the kind of guys i had. they didnt die; they killed themselves for eachother.' pg35
• 'they didnt die; they killed themselves for eachother.' pg35
• 'i like to keep abreast of my ignorace.' pg12

• 'i have to pull back because other people will suffer. My whole bloody life, time after time after time.' pg16
• 'I'll get out. I'll get married and live someplace else. maybe in new york. 'pg17
• 'Ann, i love you. i love you a great deal [finally] i love you.' pg34

• 'a little more selfish and they'd've been here today.' pg35
• 'A kind of... responsibility. Man for man.' pg35

• 'but if chris wants people to put on the hair shift let him take off his broadcloth. he's driving my husband crazy with that phony idealism of his.' pg45

• 'nobody's afraid of him here. cut that out!' pg51

• 'are you through now?...what're you going to do, George?... rot?' pg54-55
• 'the voice of god!... what the hell has that got to do with it?' pg56
• 'you killed them, you murdered them.' pg69

• 'then explain it to me. what did you do? explain it to me or i'll tear you to pieces!.' pg69
• 'i was dying everyday and you were killing my boys and you did it for me?' pg70

• 'i could jail him! i could jail him, if i were human anymore. but im like everybody else now. im practical now. you made me practical.' pg80

• 'this is the land of the great big dogs, you dont love a man here, you eat him! thats the principle, the only one we live by - it just happened to kill a few people this time, thats all... this is a zoo, a zoo!.' pg81

• 'CHRIS: i kissed you...ANN: like larrys brother. do it like you chris.' pg35
• 'they didn't die; they killed themselves for eachother.' pg35
• 'otherwise what you have is really loot, and theres blood on it.' pg36

• 'i like to keep abreast of my ignorance.' pg12
• 'i have to pull back because other people will suffer. My whole bloody life, time after time after time.' pg16

• 'Ann, i love you. i love you a great deal [finally] i love you.' pg34

• 'a little more selfish and they'd've been here today.' pg35

• 'A kind of... responsibility. Man for man.' pg35

• 'but if chris wants people to put on the hair shift let him take off his broadcloth. he's driving my husband crazy with that phony idealism of his.' pg45

• 'nobody's afraid of him here. cut that out!' pg51

• 'are you through now?...what're you going to do, George?... rot?' pg54-55
• 'the voice of god!... what the hell has that got to do with it?' pg56


  stichomythia

  religious language
• 'you killed them, you murdered them.' pg69

  stative declarative and syntactic parallelism
• 'then explain it to me. what did you do? explain it to me or i'll tear you to pieces' pg69


  zoomorphism

  anaphora
• 'i was dying everyday and you were killing my boys and you did it for me?' pg70


  past continuous tense
• 'i could jail him! i could jail him, if i were human anymore. but im like everybody else now. im practical now. you made me practical.' pg80

• 'this is the land of the great big dogs, you don't love a man here, you eat him! that's the principle, the only one we live by - it just happened to kill a few people this time, that's all. this is a zoo, a zoo!' pg81

  metaphoric comparisons

  zoomorphism