It makes you care about a guy who didn't even get mentioned until page 13? Flores? Who dies 3 pages later?
Anyhow, Johnnie kills many thousands of "aliens" by various horrific methods, and we're supposed to feel sorry about one guy dying? Well... it worked and we do! Shows some great skill at writing, eh?
It's a wonderful trick to have super-advanced technology... and the main character is bored of it or totally takes it for granted. PK Dick was a master of doing that too.
It makes you care about a guy who didn't even get mentioned until page 13? Flores? Who dies 3 pages later?
Anyhow, Johnnie kills many thousands of "aliens" by various horrific methods, and we're supposed to feel sorry about one guy dying? Well... it worked and we do! Shows some great skill at writing, eh?
It's a wonderful trick to have super-advanced technology... and the main character is bored of it or totally takes it for granted. PK Dick was a master of doing that too.