Quote by Neil Gaiman
Fat Charlie had had no real liking for the police, but until now, he had still managed to cling to a fundamental trust in the natural order of things, a conviction that there was some kind of power--a Victorian might have thought of it as Providence--that ensured that the guilty would be punished while the innocent would be set free. This faith had collapsed in the face of recent events and had been replaced by the suspicion that he would spend the rest of his life pleading his innocence to a variety of implacable judges and tormenters, many of whom would look like Daisy, and that he would in all probability wake up in cell six the next morning to find that he had been transformed into an enormous cockroach. He had definitely been transported to the kind of maleficent universe that transformed people into cockroaches.
Summary
In this quote, the author describes Fat Charlie's shift in perspective and loss of faith in justice and fairness. Previously, Fat Charlie held a belief in a natural order of things, trusting that the guilty would be punished and the innocent would be freed. However, recent events have shaken his conviction, leading him to suspect a future of endlessly pleading his innocence to relentless judges and tormentors. This loss of faith is underscored by his fear of waking up as a cockroach, illustrating his perception that he has entered into a malevolent universe that cruelly transforms people.
By Neil Gaiman
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