In Cold Blood Quotes

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“They were pleading with me to save them, silently promising that they could offer me more fun....You could throw away an entire cow more quietly. I then carefully put the fish eyes into my pocket and went into the house” ( page 3 paragraph 5,6). This shows how David came to grow the attachment to the pair of fish eyes that his father told him to throw away otherwise there would be consequences and he would have to eat a bowl of fish eye soup. Another quote is “When I lowered, this foul article of clothing would come to rest directly on my brother’s pillow. A second dreadful sock was rigged so that it could be pulled across his pillow”.(page 1 paragraph 6). This part shows how David got his revenge back on his brother because he was constantly pranking him every time in his sleep so the consequence was that David …show more content…

This part of the story is where David pranked his sister so he could get revenge but instead as a consequence of doing so, he accidentally got a flashlight stuck down his throat and in the upcoming paragraphs he was told to throw away his fish eyes because of how he pranked his sister. The theme in the song relates to the story because it’s about being able to accept consequences. The song “Consequences by Notwist” says “Fail with consequence, Lose with eloquence”. It means that if you don't take the consequence for what you do you lose your credibility or your chances of having someone trust you with something important that if you don't do you will have consequences. Another quote in the song is “Could it stay with me the whole day long fail with consequences”. It means that if you do many things as you want but at the end, you’ll suffer the fact that you have to take responsibility for your own actions if what you decided to do was

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