Because people from another planet are not really people.
-- Eitan (chapter 14)

Importance: Eitan thinks this while contemplating to what extent the hit-and-run defines him. By othering and dehumanizing Asum because of his race and ethnicity, Eitan can justify the hit-and-run. Eitan reveals that Eritrea, Asum’s motherland, represents not only a foreign country but also a foreign world that produces beings inferior to humans. If Asum is not a person, then Eitan cannot feel guilty for killing him.

There were no good or bad people, only strong and weak ones.”
-- Eitan (chapter 14)

Importance: Eitan aligns strength with goodness and weakness with badness, employing Ali’s investigation as evidence in support of his opinion. Eitan’s description of Ali’s case implies that Ali displays strength by confessing to the hit-and-run to protect Mona while Liat displays weakness by proceeding with the investigation to prove Ali’s innocence despite the harm it causes Mona. This passage reveals...