Suffering Quotes in The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge

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

Quote #1

But he had never seen human carnage like this, fresh in the wake of attack. Glass was shredded from head to foot. His scalp lay dangling to one side (1.3.27)

There aren't enough cuss words in existence to express the gruesomeness of this scene. Should we just make some up? Florp! Zoop-a-doop! Blarping boof! Now that we've gotten that out our system, please excuse us—we've got a hot date with the nearest barf bag.

Quote #2

In fact, so great was Glass's suffering that Henry wondered briefly whether they should put a bullet in his head, bring his misery to an end. (1.4.35)

Although Captain Henry makes every effort to save Glass's life, even putting his men at risk so they can drag Glass's body with them, he considers killing him out of mercy. If that doesn't show you the extent of Glass's suffering, then we don't know what will.

Quote #3

He slipped between consciousness, unconsciousness, and a confusing state in between, aware of his surroundings like random pages of a book. (1.7.7)

Glass isn't in all that much pain following the bear attack. Sure, it hurt like Hades when it was happening, but his body pretty much went numb halfway through. Still, we see here that the psychological and mental effects of the attack can be just as disorienting.