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Liam Ostermann It shows that he never thought of Jasmine as anything but an animal. Humans indulge in sentimentality with household pets, or animals that are cute or have been 'humanized' via Disney like stories but ultimately we have power of life and death over them and strictly rationed amounts of sympathy for them.

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Ana (Cabanel's version) Kind of like how at the end of 1984 the main character is brainwashed into thinking Big Brother is good, Marcos is a bit more resilient (in appearance) to the whole cannibalism thing. Although it is never clearly stipulated that he despises human-eating, it is always said he despises the eradication of other animals, therefore leading the reader to believe he is against cannibalism. Most likely he's just lost in his mind, his wife having left him after their son's death, his dad being on the verge of dying and work putting too much pressure on him. The only time he actually seems against cannibalism is when he's mad about having *to take care of Jasmine*. You might be thinking "how sweet is that name! Remember he named her just because she smelled of jasmine (btw I still didn't figure out how she smelled of jasmine if she was as dirty as they portrayed her in the beginning)

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