Nostromo Power Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #10

What he had heard Giorgio Viola say once was very true. Kings, ministers, aristocrats, the rich in general, kept the people in poverty and subjection; they kept them as they kept dogs, to fight and hunt for their service. (III.7.8)

In this moment, the narrator gives us Nostromo's (pretty damning) thoughts about the (huge) moral failings of the rich and powerful.