Kick their asses back to bumville!!!!
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Yes, that was puzzling, not what I'd do on an empty highway. I drive in a city and am taught never to step out or pull the window down unless it's a cop.

Well here in Mexico, its dangerous to drive in the highways at that time. So when we have to travel we don't travel at night. We just stop at the nearest town to sleep and continue. And I think that was Tony's plan, but her daughter said something and he drop that plan.
Don't generalize of what I just said about Mexico. I live in a dangerous state and my family is very cautious.

I am not talking about the events that occured, but how one might react to them. How many people died from/were injured in gun related incidents in America in the last year ?
And long may it continue.

Are you saying that rape, kidnapping, murder only happens in america, or by americans?

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.

Perhaps you think that the United States is more gun friendly than we really are?

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.
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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.

I don't think you know what that word means.

Go back to the Suburbs.

Tell me your address and what valuables you have in your home please.

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

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.

Tony was a pus*y. I kept screaming at my scream why he didn't fight back.

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

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.

It appeared really strange to me that none of those (American!) characters carried a gun.

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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.

And not driving around in a sh!tty lawnmower might help.

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.

Don't take that road!
lol,I knew something bad was coming when he said he liked the west texas because there's no people or cell reception!