How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Paragraph)
Quote #4
Those fools, he thought. I'm here trying to tell them the most wonderful secret in the world, and they're yelling like they gone crazy. (50)
The protagonist is trying to share with the audience – perhaps his earlier rejection of the crowd did not reflect his true feelings.
Quote #5
Didn't they know that although he controlled the wheel, it also controlled him, and unless he pressed the button forever and forever and ever it would stop, leaving him high and dry, dry and high on this hard high slippery hill and Laura dead? (65)
Notice the language here – the protagonist imagines himself as being elevated above the rest, but also alone. What might "high and dry" be alluding to?