Ali StinnerVictoria PhillipsDavid WolinskiCatherine Leknes

TheSOLDIERTattooed

The Final ChaptersPages 251 – 307

Longoria recalls his first slaughter and destroys a village

Antonio purchases his gun

Antonio and Frank gather information on Longoria (Frank comments that Longoria resembles a Nazi and wants to kill

him)

Summary

Jose acquires a job in Beverly Hills and through his “girlfriend” discovers a place to live

Jose gives Antonio the money necessary to buy the gun

Frank accompanies Antonio to buy the gun(The possession of the gun leads Antonio to feel instantly

empowered)

Antonio notes “guns are very democratic instruments” (p. 269)

Riots break out in Los Angeles

Longoria “feels the resurfacing of his animal instincts” (p. 272)

Fears for Reginalda’s safety and searches for her, but he cannot find her. He worries that

she may be with another man.

Jose finds himself involved in the riots

Antonio notes that the police provide no protection

Longoria observes the riots from his home and attempts to stop the riots, but is powerless

Longoria eventually finds Reginalda and hits her

“My madness is everyone’s madness. The day of vendettas and bravado.” (p. 294)

Antonio shoots Longoria, who eventually bleeds to death

Antonio returns to Jose to live in the new house

Mob Mentality“How many more children would have to die before the

infection went away? A sense of futility overwhelmed him, and then an inchoate feeling that he had been tricked in some way he didn’t understand.” (p. 292)

Race Riots

http://video.google.com/videoplaydocid=8111059671541821226#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgiR04ey7-M

AntonioGets swept up in the riots, which ultimately gives him the

courage to kill Longoria.

“He doesn’t understand what I’m doing here. He thinks I’m just some psychopath, vomit spit up by the riot.”

(p. 296)

All people justify their actions by wrongs that had been committed against them

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LongoriaHe chases after Antonio after being shot

Feels the need to be recognized as an individual, yet is seen as part of a group

The last words he hears “Balam” means Jaguar in Quiché—Sees this as forgiveness – she has ultimately accepted her son’s fate

Never felt remorse for his actions – believed he was doing the right thing

A romanticized idea of the Jaguar has been ingrained into his mind

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LongoriaFeels at peace

“The revolutionary is guided in all his actions by great feelings of love” (p. 306)

“He took the tainted clothes and buried them in the mud… checking one last time to see if the soldier’s blood had

soaked through the fabric to touch his skin. Diseases were transmitted through blood.” (p. 302)

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