Of course, the latter's self-centeredness and depravity are already well established when we learn that he rapes young girls, but other villagers are also guilty when They allow him to continue. In many cases, it is greed that keeps them from standing up, as some know "that when he is done with them, the girls will get a decent dowry" due to the fear and docileness that they become because of these incidents (296). ). Even though it brings money to a poor family, Freed uses the story of his rape by the unnamed girl to demonstrate that no amount of trauma inflicted on a victim is worth any material comfort. In a similarly selfish case, de Jong's servant Grace is happy to hand over the captured girls to her master because "then she would have two weeks off" (300). Although she begins to feel a special connection to this particular girl, De Jong's fear and desire to be free for two weeks outweighs this attachment, and she acquiesces to his demands. However, during the fight, Freed shows how wrong Grace is and how horrible it is that an innocent girl has to suffer from this society because people are more willing to save their skin than stand up, not letting the child has no choice but to resort. by violent means