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Why does Jack call the handgun "the ultimate device for determining one's competence in the world"? What does that statement mean? How does the arrival of the handgun move Jack's plot toward death?
Throughout the book, Jack has been scared of dying. By holding a gun, he has control over an instrument of death, which makes him think he has some control over death. However, the gun also moves Jack along on a plot to kill Mr. Gray, proving his own observation that all plots lead toward death.
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Why does Jack want to find Mr. Gray? Is it to get Dylar? Is it for revenge? Does Jack know what he wants? Why is the text ambiguous?
The text remains fairly ambiguous about...
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