![]() ![]() Her life has not conditioned her to see under the mask. She sees a sharp-dressed man with a cane in her house and assumes he works with her father - an honest merchant. This girl doesn’t know the myth of Dirtyhands, yet. What’s interesting about this quote is that Hanna tells Kaz he doesn’t look like a monster. Meanwhile, men like Kaz are labeled “the Bastard of the Barrel” simply for not hiding their finessing. ![]() However, it’s under this disguise of moral justness that they do their most devious work, because they have the resources to exploit in their favor. Men like Smeet and Van Eck are deemed good men, because of their social status in Ketterdam. Particularly the pondering of what makes a monster. Crooked Kingdom continues this line of questioning between good and bad, right and wrong but with an emphasis on the people themselves. This quote establishes the ongoing theme of the novel of moral ambiguity, which I talked about a lot in my Six of Crows analysis. Dirtyhands weaves himself into more of a legend than he already is by telling the little girl that he is an actual monster that resides under beds and in closets - sinking his claws into the next generation of Ketterdam. Wylan is horrified at the exchange between Kaz and Cornelius Smeet’s young daughter. ![]() The really bad monsters never look like monsters.” (Kaz, 30) “When you can’t beat the odds, change the game.” “I’ll tell you a secret, Hanna. ![]()
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