How would one go about defending himself in a situation like this?
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iAmTheOneWhoKnocks — 9 years ago(December 28, 2016 10:53 AM)
If he had a license to carry a gun, and made sure both his wife and daughter knew how to use a gun, and carried three guns in the car, that would a sure fire way to get out of a situation like that.
But as it stood, his daughter not flipping off the driver would have probably helped.
Also when you see a car playing chicken in the on-coming lane, you know they're crazy. Maybe don't honk and maintain some space behind them. -
zcarface86 — 9 years ago(December 28, 2016 11:32 AM)
But seriously though even though there's no signal I think the 'emergency calls only' should be able to work right? I watch few videos, people involved in a self accident stranded no where without help filming their last moment until their battery wore out. No clue they could actually call emergency hotline. No offense to those people.
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mnl33 — 9 years ago(December 28, 2016 07:27 PM)
I could be wrong, but i believe that was the point. Tony didn't even put up a fight, knowing the men didn't have a gun. Even when he was dragged out of the car and left at the dead endzero fight in him. He's weak.
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isaiahsmith-47728 — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 12:52 AM)
I don't understand why he never tried to speed off but that was symbolism when he did not put up the fight back at the restaurant scene where the mother tells susan that he is weak that part of the book shows his weakness
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Kompressor_Fan — 9 years ago(January 11, 2017 06:35 AM)
Regardless of what the overseas press may say, most Americans don't have guns. Not only that, but most of the ones that do have one do not carry it in their car. I've been on this planet for more than 50 years (in the USA, no less) and I have never owned a gun. I have no intention of ever owning one, either.
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tigerfish50 — 9 years ago(January 11, 2017 08:10 AM)
I've been on this planet for more than 50 years (in the USA, no less) and I have never owned a gun.
A lot of Vin Diesel fans have strayed onto this board. They sit in their mom's basement and delude themselves all of life's problems can be solved by a Bushmaster and some martial arts moves -
crissttigaldames — 9 years ago(January 30, 2017 08:36 AM)
Indeed. The novel is symbolic for his marriage to Susan. He considers himself weak for not having fought to make it work. Susan is represented by the criminals, the nocturnal animals, who brutally killed his wife (marriage), daughter (whom she literally killed) and ultimately himself.
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Yorick_Brown — 9 years ago(January 03, 2017 09:26 PM)
It appeared really strange to me that none of those (American!) characters carried a gun.
I bet you're some snobbishly naive European who has never been to America but thinks mass shootings are a common and that everyone carries a gun or is very rich or whatever other ignorant stereotypes I can't think of.
All hail the underdogs
All hail the new kids
All hail the outlaws
Spielbergs and Kubricks -
AlonsoMoseleyFBI — 9 years ago(December 30, 2016 02:10 AM)
I guess being an American setting, the American solution : big gun, semi or fully automatic, bigger the better.
Rest Of The World ? Not sure. You probably wouldn't run into people like that anywhere else anyway.
Unless you are in Iraq, Syria, other oil-rich state. And then they would be Americans. With Guns. Protecting people and stuff.