in the beginning, she was bored by the story's plot, but she began to enjoy it. In chapter two, the detective was confused by th
e case because its details were too contradictory for him to effectively. He finally got a really grouchy old man indicted. At the trial, the defense attorney tried for the old man, but the jury convicted him anyway. The book was a bestseller mainly because of the of the crime plot.
Ben was too preoccupied with getting the old man down from the cliff that he failed to protect himself from what Madec would do. Madec makes Ben strip down, give up his belongings, and go out without food or water.
His exploration was vital to the myth about monsters because
he dismissed it as nothing more than stories that were exaggerated. The story about monsters breathing fire was probably
natives who were smoking tobacco. He did
promise to bring back riches but this part was exaggerated.
In the quote, "but six dollars per pound are more money than I can afford!" it should be, "but six dollar per pound <em>is</em> more money than I can afford!"