Dachau

"Yeah, well so's Dachau. I'd never forgive somebody who did that." (Chapter 2, Page 2, Panel 1)

In this panel Laurie compares Edward Blake's attempt of raping her mother to Dachau. Dachau was the first Nazi concentration camp built and stood as a model and training center for the following camps that were organised. Laurie's allusion is appropriate because Edward Blake heartlessly killed people in World War II while stationed in Japan. Since Moore uses Dachau to describe Edward Blake's actions proves his opinion that war in general is wrong and unjust. This quote foreshadows Veights extermination of many people in the major cities of the world, because that action is comparable to the Nazis exterminating the Jews in concentration camps. Laurie's allusion is ironic because in the end of the novel she forgave her mother for loving Edward Blake once she witnessed a mass extermination.


~"Dachau (concentration camp, Germany) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia." Encyclopedia - Britannica Online Encyclopedia. 24 Mar. 2009 .

~"Dachau Concentration Camp - Liberation April 29,1945 Timeline Dachau." Judicial Inc is now Judicial-Inc.Org. 24 Mar. 2009 .