The Ahepik is a tricking spider character, a character that has a seductive identity of offering something good and then in the having a higher price. Marius Netmaker is the antagonist in Will Bird’s narrative. The Netmakers and bootlegging gang seduce the mentally and emotionally weak citizens of Moosefactory by drugs and alcohol but not only does the substances plead for continuance, so does the business with the Netmakers. The Netmakers thrive by threatening those who are a threat to them and feeding off the physical and mental torture of others. A spider traps their prey in it’s web and the prey experiences a slow death trapped in the web. Much like the Netmakers the town and surrounding area of Moosefactory is their “web”. Those who join their gang of bootleggers are trapped, if they try to leave their life is threatened and the only way to survive is to continue the illegal activities. The law keepers in Moosefactory are similarly trapped in the “web” of the Netmakers, this is continuously seen in the novel when the police neglect the crimes against Will perpetrated by the Netmakers. Quotation. For the residents of Moosefactory the only way to survive is to abide to the social laws set by the
The Ahepik is a tricking spider character, a character that has a seductive identity of offering something good and then in the having a higher price. Marius Netmaker is the antagonist in Will Bird’s narrative. The Netmakers and bootlegging gang seduce the mentally and emotionally weak citizens of Moosefactory by drugs and alcohol but not only does the substances plead for continuance, so does the business with the Netmakers. The Netmakers thrive by threatening those who are a threat to them and feeding off the physical and mental torture of others. A spider traps their prey in it’s web and the prey experiences a slow death trapped in the web. Much like the Netmakers the town and surrounding area of Moosefactory is their “web”. Those who join their gang of bootleggers are trapped, if they try to leave their life is threatened and the only way to survive is to continue the illegal activities. The law keepers in Moosefactory are similarly trapped in the “web” of the Netmakers, this is continuously seen in the novel when the police neglect the crimes against Will perpetrated by the Netmakers. Quotation. For the residents of Moosefactory the only way to survive is to abide to the social laws set by the