4.) Since Leper is “section 8” (“for nuts in the service”), explore the irony of Leper’s statement “always were a savage underneath.” Take into consideration that Leper contacted Gene. Why is this important?
Leper has basically been diagnosed by the army as, “psycho” so for him to call someone else something is a bit ironic since he shouldn’t be talking. He doesn’t know for a fact what really happened on the tree, and what he is talking about so it doesn’t seem fair for him to accuse someone of being crazy, when he has been called that himself. Leper has always been the most calm, and most peaceful out of the boys, and now he is making the most intense accusation. He has changed to be one of the more disturbed boys. In the beginning of the book, I don’t think anyone could have guessed that Leper would be one of the first to guess what really happened up on that tree. But even though Leper is telling Gene he was “always a savage underneath” he contacts him first because he feels more comfortable with someone he thinks is on the same level as him. He thinks that they both have something wrong with them. Leper wants to contact and talk to someone who has done something wrong, someone who will understand at least a little bit of what he is saying. Leper has changed sufficiently saying,“I admitted a hell of a lot to myself.” (Knowles 145). Leper has changed because now that he feels he has the title of being “psycho”, he feels he can call other people whatever he wants.
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