Explanatory notes on a paragraph in S&H Ch. 8
"Over time, the dot in the mirror grew larger, until one day, it was most certainly a moon, and it was most certainly sinking. Kyle hoped it would crush him, but it did not; instead, it grazed the black dunes and sat there obtrusively, massively. Out of necessity, he walked away (1), the shard of mirror ever clutched in his hand. He became drunker as he trudged forward, through turkey, stuffing, beans, potatoes (2). The rabbit on the mantle was judging him for the refills: “We had a rule” (3). Bash the thing to pieces, slice its porcelain head off - violence, violence - he would never, of course, and yet… he had (4). But the rabbit - the harmonious scale (5): the nurturer, the murderer - took the cake (6): apple, it was, unremarkably (7)."
1. Kyle is called down to dinner
2. Thanksgiving dinner (which was indeed a new moon in 1913)
3. What Stan says to Kyle at the end of Ch. 7 when he comes back drunk
4. Kyle punched Stan in the shoulder at the end of Ch. 7
5. Stan is a Libra
6. Even though Kyle punched him, Stan still “takes the cake” in terms of violence for having actually killed someone and, to a lesser extent, the sex incident in Ch. 6
7. Apfelkuchen is a common dessert in the Broflovski household
1. Kyle is called down to dinner
2. Thanksgiving dinner (which was indeed a new moon in 1913)
3. What Stan says to Kyle at the end of Ch. 7 when he comes back drunk
4. Kyle punched Stan in the shoulder at the end of Ch. 7
5. Stan is a Libra
6. Even though Kyle punched him, Stan still “takes the cake” in terms of violence for having actually killed someone and, to a lesser extent, the sex incident in Ch. 6
7. Apfelkuchen is a common dessert in the Broflovski household