suggest that Delaney is looking down on Candido, and looking at him as
             if he is less than human. While this is occurring as part of the event,
             the symbolism extends to suggest that all the haves look down on the have-
             nots. From up on their hill where they live in their fine homes, they look
             down on the have-nots almost starving in the valley below, and look down on
             them as less than human. This is emphasized where Boyle adds the
             descriptions of the cars racing up the hill after Delaney has hit Candido:
             "Immediately, before he could even catch his breath, he was brushed
             back by the tailwind of a string of cars racing bumper-to-bumper up
             the canyon like some snaking malignant train... One after another the
             faces of the drivers came at him, shadowy and indistinct behind the
             ...