Some books out their that are known for their character's being marked for greatness are the Hunchback, and Frankenstein who are famous for their shape and behaviors. Scars tell a story in their own way, they show what a person has been through and how they have survived such ordeals. Richard lll had scoliosis he was just as morally and spiritually twisted as his back. Ruined crops, bankruptcy, disease can be see as gods displeasure. Equating scars or deformities with moral shortcomings or divine displeasure is being shown. A hero is marked in someway painted by a short leg , it may bear some mark that sets him apart. Wipe marks on slaves back like Sethe shows her slavery and violence she has been through. In the book the Sun Also Rises WWl rendered him barren, spiritually, morally, intellectually, and sexually by war , those wars caused the death among a huge number of virile young males. War is short, the death of culture taking intellectual creative artistic resources aka young men. Durrell has disabilities and deformities are versions of exotic people, they are not incommoded by deformities. A monster could mean devil, power and the seeker of the creator. A scar does mean something find it.
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