Chapter 6, Tone

The tone of the chapter is changed to dark and sinister, when Paul Lazzaro comes into the scene. As soon as Lazzaro comes into the story again, he starts speaking of revenge and murder. One of the first things that Lazzaro says in this scene is, "Anybody touches me, he better kill me, or i'm gonna have him killed" (138). Lazzaro deals with the people who he does not like by having them killed as he explains later on in the chapter. He only speaks of murder and how he believes that revenge is the sweetest thing in life. The mood is immediately changed whenever Paul Lazzaro enters the scene.