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Quote #10
PARRITT: There must have been something there he was even more scared to face than he is of Hickey and me! I guess he got looking at the fire escape and thinking how handy it was, if he was really sick of life and only had the nerve to die! (4)
Parritt’s comments suggest that Larry fears death more than he fears getting involved in life, and Larry eventually proves Parritt’s theory right. As much as he fights it throughout the play, he does finally weigh in on Parritt’s situation, and when he does, it has some pretty big consequences.