The villagers are "surrounded by sea, and while the redskins' gunboats [patrol] the coastline helicopters [fly] overhead" (Jones 99). ... She was yelling at me to hurry" (39) and also that they are "left with fear [and don't] know what to do with it" (37). ... The first time (in the novel) the redskins visit "an old dog had its belly ripped open. ... He looked like a man sadly resigned to conducting such business" (104). ... As she walks down by the river "it occur[s] to [her that she] could simply end things this way. ...

• Word Count: 1171
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School