Paul Theroux masterminds the novel by leaving it to the very end to let the reader fully understand Allie Fox's character and personality. Throughout the novel Allie is constantly under Theroux's microscope. The reader is getting information and shreds of evidence constantly, to help determine Allies character for themselves. Half of the time believing him to be how Allie sees himself, as a saviour for his family, and the rest, a genius warped by insanity. Theroux leaves it up to the readers to make their own final judgement at the end.

Towards the end of the novel, Allie starts to show that he is losing the respect and control of his family as well as his m

ind. He is starting to make rash decisions and generally being tyrannical towards his family. Eventually losing their trust, enough so that eventually Charlie and his brother have to restrain their father and tie him up so he can no longer torment them. This leads to a shootout with the missionaries where Allie is shot and wounded.

The final words spoken by Allie are to his son Charlie. He says ' Christ is a scarecrow.' This sentence is the point where the readers can clearly now form their opinion about Allie. In this one terrible line Allie manages to sum up why the ending is imperative to the actual story. Is Allie Fox simply an evil man with warped ideas, or in fact a misunderstood gifted man with the true intention of saving his family from the coming problems of the modern world? Paul Theroux orchestrates the entire novel with such direction that whatever you final opinion of Al

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