Blood Meridian Chapter 16 | Chapter by Chapter Read Along
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Chapter 16 returns us to Glanton's gang as they continue moving across the landscape and leaving death behind them.
This isn't one of the most character-heavy chapters of Blood Meridian, but it reinforces just how completely violence has become the gang's normal way of interacting with the world. Murder barely requires justification anymore, and consequences seem almost irrelevant.
In this episode, I look at the horrifying fate of the Delaware scouts, the killing of Owens and the gang's apparent lack of concern about accountability, another disturbing disappearance, and the cruelty surrounding two brothers separated by violence.
Judge Holden also gives us another demonstration of one of his most dangerous abilities: he can manipulate not only violent men, but legal and social systems as well.
And above all of it, McCarthy gives us storms, stars, animals... and a meteorite.
The cosmic imagery surrounding this journey continues to grow.
Next up: Chapter 17.
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