"And Corporal Nobbs...well, anyone like Nobby had unlimited reasons for not wishing to be seen by other people. You didn't have to think hard about that. The only reason you couldn't say that Nobby was close to the animal kingdom was that the animal kingdom would get up and walk away." (Guards! pg. 51)
These are, by far, my favorite lines in the book so far. They do a great job of introducing a character and characterizing him/her (if you notice, it didn't specify gender) at that very moment. It conjured up innemurable images in my head, including those of the Elephant Man, Nosferatu, and even The Thing. It also is incredibly clever and humorous, both giving a vivid description and making me laugh at the same time. The passage also used imagery in another great way, that of a huge herd of animals just getting up and walking away off a park bench from Nobby.
It makes me wonder though what happened to this guy. One of the questions I have to ask iis "What exactly happened to this incredibly unfortunate man/woman?" Also, as when any new character is introduced, I become curious as to what his/her part in the story will be.
So far, this book is doing a good job creating vivid scenery and characters through the use of fairly dark humor, and it likely won't let up any time soon.
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9/10
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