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"i looked at him and saw how they both looked alike with those lean narrow heads, and that sharp nose like on a scent, and the high bones. I was afraid and started to go out and he followed and we got in the car and began to drive fast to the country and it was early Autumn"

As i was reading this passage I thought about the way that Meridel Le Sueur was describing the similarities between Bill (who had just been killed) and Butch. The way she describes the look about the two fascinated me. "narrow heads, and that sharp nose like on a scent, and the high bones." The words she uses are almost like she is comparing two people who are still alive.

I read this and i was picturing this scene in my head and for a second, i saw Le Sueur's face and had a brief feeling of what she must have been feeling at that point. and i pictured the way Butch looked and pictured myself looking at him while he was looking down at Bill. To me it seems like Le Sueur almost wants Butch to be the man Bill was because of the way she was describing them.

i also think the way she describes Bill and Butch together is very important in that she sees them as the same person or sees the same person coming out in Butch. With Le Sueurs' words here, she creates almost a new character and makes the reader see that Butch is almost a different person or will become a different person as the book continues....