Deadeye Dick
Why is Rudy arrested in the novel, Deadeye Dick?
Deadeye Dick
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Deadeye Dick
At the age of twelve, Rudy fires one of his father's guns at random and the stray bullet fatally wounds a pregnant housewife. Young Rudy thus becomes a double or "mass" murderer and acquires the taunting nickname "Deadeye Dick".
Deadeye Dick