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Why are the investigators priests?

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Why do you think the novel opened with a child's murder rather than a less brutal crime?

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Is there a significance of the victims ages and their impoverished backgrounds.

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Why did Lastimosa get appointed as director when there was another person already expected to be the next director?

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Why is the setting of the crime in Payatas?

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How does the setting, one of an impoverished Philippines, amplify the dark theme and situation of the story?

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How does the discovery of the boy’s body shape the novel and how does it hint at the social issues the story will tackle?

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What is the significance of the specific parts being removed from the victims bodies?

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On the matter of the victim’s appearance, why are there mutilations on the torso and arms, as well as the face being flayed, if the organs were also precisely and surgically removed?

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What is the main theme of the book that we can infer from chapters 1-3?

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What does the novel's violent and gruesome child murder prologue say about the novel's world?

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Is the second and third chapter a flashback of the events that happened before chapter one?

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What is the significance of Payatas dump sites and how those it reveal how the story will play out.

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How do the kids in the prologue reflect the fallen world in the story from their presence alone.

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Is it because of the history of the characters, why the Aestheticization is medical related?

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Why do Jerome’s nightmares matter to the story? What do they reveal about trauma and empathy?

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Why does it start with uncovering the crime before introducing the main characters?

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What can the injuries and the lacerations on the body tell us about our perpetrator and possibly their motive.

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What clues led to them believing there might be a serial killer involved?

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Why are priests, not policemen, investigating the case?

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How does Batacan show the weaknesses of the Philippine justice system?

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Why did the NBI calls priests instead of relying solely on police?

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Why does the novel already give us a POV of the killer?