User:Atcovi/In-Text Citation of "Man from the South" by Roald Dahl

The following quote shows that the old man has cut up people's fingers before and it's his hobby/he is obsessed with it in, ""He is a menace," the woman said. "Down where we live at home he has taken altogether forty-seven fingers from different people, and he has lost eleven cars. In the end they threatened to have him put away somewhere. That's why I brought him up here."", (Dahl 1)

The author implies that he uses his own hands to chop other fingers in, ""Now pleess, clench de fist, all except for de little finger. You must leave de little finger sticking out, lying on de table." "Ex-cellent! Ex-cellent! Now we are ready. Wid your right hand you manipulate de lighter. But one momint, pleess." He skipped over to the bed and picked up the chopper. He came back and stood beside the table with the chopper in his hand. "We are all ready?" he said. "Mister referee, you must say to begin."", (1)

The author implies that the old man has a absurd way of walking (bouncing up and down with his toes) in, "He was immaculately dressed in a white suit and he walked very quickly with little bouncing strides, pushing himself high up onto his toes with each step.", (1)

The author shows that the old man cannot speak good English in, "He stopped beside me and smiled, showing two rows of very small, uneven teeth, slightly tarnished. I smiled back. "Excuse pleess, but may I sit here?" "Certainly," I said. "Go ahead." He bobbed around to the back of the chair and inspected it for safety, then he sat down and crossed his legs. His white buckskin shows had little holes punched all over them for ventilation. "A fine evening," he said. "They are all evenings fine here in Jamaica." I couldn't tell if the accent were Italian or Spanish, but I felt fairly sure he was some sort of a South American. And old too, when you saw him close. Probably around sixty-eight or seventy.", (1)