"My father! The laughter , which had shown signs of dying away, broke out again more loudly than ever. He put his hands over his ears and rushed out of the room." p. 152
As a fan of The Office, I imagine this scene as Bernard standing in the room with D.H.C and saying to the Director, "You have a savage child, boom roasted." Instead, he decides to draw the process out a little bit to make it all the more painful and embarrassing for Tomakin. I think this shows in some ways that Bernard is a flawed protagonist and is human. Throughout the book, some negative aspects of Bernard are revealed. In the society, he is short in stature and socially out cast because of it. He lacks courage, shows some arrogance, and is bloodthirsty. After all the advances in the technology and the genetical engineering, these people are still....people. Bernard has a thirst for revenge and wants to humiliate Tomakin for attempting to isolate him.
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