Did they ever explain the cop car …
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thaumielx72 — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 12:31 AM)
that would not stop or even slow down?
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thaumielx72 — 9 years ago(February 09, 2017 04:04 AM)
Other Business is not as important as "I am on the scene, right now!"
They would at least have to stop and report it in.
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RagingR2 — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 05:28 AM)
Like @suzypulledapistol said. What's to explain really? It was just a cop going to another location.
I interpreted the entire story in the novel as a kind of nightmare-like story where things do not necessarily happen entirely realisticly, but rather in a "worst case scenario" kind of way. So yes, of course the police car was going to drive by without stopping. And yes of course they raped AND killed both the mother and the daughter. Because that is the worst possible way the story could have played out.
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christmastiger-16003 — 9 years ago(February 10, 2017 12:46 PM)
I think it was just to give us a momentary sense of hope, only for it to flee and confirm that even if authorities were around they wouldn't help, and now no one can save them. Bad guys get away with anything in this area, etc.
It's a stereotype of the "nice family gets into trouble in an unfriendly small town" trope.
I was actually surprised that the cancer cop was being helpful towards Tony until I realized that he was going to fit the "rogue cop who loses faith in authority and seeks justice on his own terms" trope.
The only reason he helped Tony was because he was dying, that's a bit of a cop-out (pun intended?) -
christmastiger-16003 — 9 years ago(February 10, 2017 12:47 PM)
I think it was just to give us a momentary sense of hope, only for it to flee and confirm that even if authorities were around they wouldn't help, and now no one can save them. Bad guys get away with anything in this area, etc.
It's a stereotype of the "nice family gets into trouble in an unfriendly small town" trope.
I was actually surprised that the cancer cop was being helpful towards Tony until I realized that he was going to fit the "rogue cop who loses faith in authority and seeks justice on his own terms" trope.
The only reason he helped Tony was because he was dying, that's a bit of a cop-out (pun intended?) -
joeysprite — 9 years ago(February 12, 2017 02:31 PM)
Seemed like the cop turned the lights on just as he would've noticed the 2 cars. Could've been to suggest to us that the cop simply didn't want to bother with a fender bender and hit the lights to justify ignoring it.