Thanks!gkmoberg1 wrote:Excellent look at this part of the novel through Eli's point of view.
I have had the idea for a few years that Eli would have understood who Lacke was and why he came to Eli's bathroom. After all, Lacke and Eli did stare into each other's face at a very short distance for a "couple of panting breaths" on the night when Eli attacked Virginia. And Lacke's clothes were in the hospital ward where Virginia burnt to death. Eli, with his acute sense of smell, would surely have detected that. That Eli would connect these facts seems likely and well in character with the way he is portrayed in the novel. He appears quite contemplative.
Of course there is much more that would have run though Eli's mind that what I have put into words. I had some additional ideas, but decided not to add too much, for the sake of the story. Still, the comments here show that other people read into it stuff that I hadn't thought of. That's what makes these discussion threads so rewarding!