tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144318703468313627.post2791528888981766097..comments2023-05-04T02:29:40.237-07:00Comments on On "Blood Meridian": Chapter 12Pedanticushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03834864094154123190noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144318703468313627.post-87259981570308233872012-08-24T18:54:23.485-07:002012-08-24T18:54:23.485-07:00The lance that McGill had thru him was a pole with...The lance that McGill had thru him was a pole with a sword for it's tip.<br />The Judge was a sexual deviant, child molester and child killer. What a incredible villain! So it is assumed he had his way with the child before killing and scaping him. Scalps were the focus of the gang thru out the book.<br />When the Judge uses the term sangre puro he means the man Glanton killed was full blooded Indian and Gomez was Mexican. Sangre puro is Spanish. There is a Spanish translation for Blood Meridian on the net. It's worth looking for.<br />Tobin tells the kid that Davey Brown would of took him like a bride to the alter. What he meant was that if the kid broke the arrow off or caused him further injury that Davey would of killed him.<br />I'm on blogger and also on tumblr as Davey Brown's Ears http://bikerkiller.tumblr.com/<br />Boothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902410522561143188noreply@blogger.com