I don't think that anyone can truly predict how they would act in a situation like the one faced by the town. When your up against that level of violence, all bets are off. That said, I did notice somethings about the personalities of the townspeople and the occupiers I would like to talk about.
No one acted very different from how they would normally. Annie was still ill tempered, it was just a good thing when she directed her anger towards the invaders. Mayor Orden and the Doctor were still wise and contemplative. Joesph remained a compulsive eavesdropper and gossip. Madame Orden continued to obsess over maintaining appearances.
The biggest contrast was not amongst the townspeople reactions, but between them and the invaders. All of the main characters in the story had a counter part on the other side. The easiest to spot and least disputable, are the Mayor and Colonel Lanser. Both of whom are intelligent leaders, who understand the way people think. The key difference is that, Mayor acts on principle and respects the will of his constituents. The Colonel on the other hand does as ordered, and expects the same from his subordinates.
I looking forward to finishing the story. I have a feeling that Lanser's reaction to Prackle being shot will be the Rubicon crossing for the rest of what happens.
That is awesome I hadn't thought of the equality of character on each side of the opposition. I think your right I have a feeling the town is going to be more mutinous soon due to prackle.
ReplyDeletewhen madame orden encouraged everyone to continue on with maintaining appearances, i think that it was also so that everyone would continue to do there job which also meant that they would be keeping their hands busy so there would be no time to think about revolting back or to think about anything worse that could possibly happen; she wanted to try and keep the peace as much as possible although that was not her job.
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