The honor code is deeply ingrained in the culture. Vance tells of of his Grandfather explaining the code: “You never start a fight,; you always end the fight if someone else starts it; and even though you never start a fight, it’s maybe okay to start one if a man insults your family. The last part was unspoken but clear.” (page 66) As a matter of fact, few unspoken rules are rarely unspoken, indirectly spoken, but still spoken. How else would you imply contradictory instructions: “You never start a fight...” and then instill the value that insults to a family are worthy of of breaking the first rule. He goes on to explain that if you don’t want to start a fight, but still want to fight you can simply insult your mark’s family, this
