How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
For the faces of its members, he was using [...] the people who come to California to die [...] who can only be stirred by the promise of miracles and then only to violence. (27.81)
Tod gets up close and personal with these people who come to California to die during the riot that closes the book. It's actually quite odd—the riot is a close parallel to the scene depicted in "The Burning of Los Angeles." Maybe the dude is a prophet, after all. Or maybe it's his artistic vision that helps him see what's really going on under the surface among the denizens of L.A.