her or not," he said smiling. To conclude, Rufus still needs to learn a lot about manhood of his time. As, Rufus grows older he becomes more offensive , brutal, and vicious. To begin with Tom Weylin’s hatred for his as a little child had turned him this way . For example, when Tom hit Rufus for stealing a dollar from him and Rufus tried to get back at him by burning the draperies. Rufus "He said I took money from his desk, and I said I didn’t. He said I was calling him a liar, and he hit me. Several times". Also, Rufus started to deal with his anger by punishing other people like his slaves. Like the time when Rufus blamed Dana for his fathers death and sent her to fields, and also got her whipped. "I guess I just had to make somebody pay. And it seemed that… well, people don’t die when you’re taking care of them" .Finally, Rufus had really shown his vicious side to Dana. For these reasons, you understand how Dana feels about Rufus. No matter how many times Dana saved his life, he paid her back by punishing her in one of his brutal and vicious ways. If Dana didn’t have to save her future by waiting until Hagar was born she would have killed Rufus a long time ago. Put yourself in the place of Dana and think about what you would have done. ...
