This passage just makes me cringe at Dante the Pilgrim because Virgil explicitly tells him to not touch the trees or cause any harm to them because he will be sorry. However, Dante the Pilgrim acts like, “What did you say” as he breaks a piece of the tree. Was he not paying attention or was he being spiteful? I just cannot believe Dante the Pilgrim was acting like a white, American male who believes that the rules do not apply to him because of who he is. I just do not understand why he decided to go against Virgil’s warning? Did he just want to show Virgil that he was wrong about something despite Virgil being in Hell since before Christ came to the world? I honestly feel bad for the tree/man who got hurt because of Dante’s dumb/purposefully
